Code of Conduct

Christina Lake Arts and Artisans Society (CLAAS)

Code of Conduct

Christina Lakes Arts and Artisans Society’s Code of Conduct has been established to maintain a safe, caring, and healthy working and learning environment.

It is the shared responsibility of the CLAAS Board, staff, and the broader community, to demonstrate positive conduct while attending any CLAAS related activity, at any location.

All members of the CLAAS community have an obligation to:

· Follow all applicable health & safety regulations and promote safety

· Respect property, environment, personal space, and privacy

· Model courtesy, compassion, and respect

· Support learning

All members of the CLAAS community must refrain from engaging in any in-person or digital communication or behaviour that is considered to be:

· Bullying, harassing, intimidating, retaliating, discriminating or violent

· Unsafe or illegal including the possession, use or distribution of illegal or restricted substances, or documents, or the possession of weapons or replicas

· Interfering with the learning and working of others

All members of the CLAAS community are expected to comply with the purpose and spirit of the BC Human Rights Code, including not engaging in discriminatory conduct on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.

Every effort will be made to support individuals and to determine the root causes of behaviour. If the safety of any working environment, volunteer environment or educational program of others is compromised, or if there is an ongoing failure to meet the expectations of the Code of Conduct, a range of consequences will follow. Whenever possible, incidents will be resolved by discussion, mediation and restitution.

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HEALTH & SAFETY

Christina Lake Arts and Artisans Society

Health & Safety Policy

February 2021

1 General Regulations: Workers Compensation Act and WorkSafe BC

1.1 Workers Compensation Act

Part 2 of the Workers Compensation Act is dealing with occupational health and safety, and Division 4 of the Act covers general duties of employers (that includes CLAAS), workers and others. Below are some extracts from Division 4 which are predominantly applicable to CLAAS:

General duties of employers include

(a) ensure the health and safety of

(i) all workers working for that employer, and

(ii) any other workers present

(b) comply with the OHS provisions, the regulations, and any applicable orders.

Furthermore, an employer must

(a) remedy any workplace conditions that are hazardous to the health or safety of the employer's workers,

(b) ensure that the employer's workers

(i) are made aware of all known or reasonably foreseeable health or safety hazards to which
they are likely to be exposed by their work,

(ii) comply with the OHS provisions, the regulations, and any applicable orders, and

(iii) are made aware of their rights and duties under the OHS provisions and the regulations,

(d) provide and maintain in good condition protective equipment, devices and clothing as required by regulation and ensure that these are used by the employer's workers,

(e) provide to the employer's workers the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure the health and safety of those workers in carrying out their work and to ensure the health and safety of other workers at the workplace,

Every worker must

(a) take reasonable care to protect the worker's health and safety and the health and safety of other persons who may be affected by the worker's acts or omissions at work, and

(b) comply with the OHS provisions, the regulations, and any applicable orders.

(e) report to the supervisor or employer

(i) any contravention of the OHS provisions, the regulations, or an applicable order of which the worker is aware, and

(ii) the existence of any other hazard, that the worker considers is likely to endanger the worker or any other person

1.2 WorkSafe BC Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Regulations Part 3 – Extracts

1.2.1 Health & Safety Program

3.1(1) An occupational health and safety program … must be initiated and maintained

(a) by each employer that has (i) a workforce of 20 or more workers, and (ii) at least one workplace that is determined … to create a moderate or high risk of injury

In any operation where the workforce is less than that referred to in section 3.1(1) the employer must

(a) initiate and maintain a less formal program based on regular monthly meetings with workers for discussion of health and safety matters,

(b) ensure that meetings are directed to matters concerning the correction of unsafe conditions and practices and the maintenance of cooperative interest in the health and safety of the workforce, and

1.2.2 Workplace Inspections

Every employer must ensure that regular inspections are made of all workplaces, including buildings, structures, grounds, excavations, tools, equipment, machinery and work methods and practices, at intervals that will prevent the development of unsafe working conditions.

1.2.3 Unsafe Conditions

Unsafe or harmful conditions found in the course of an inspection must be remedied without delay.

Whenever a person observes what appears to be an unsafe or harmful condition or act, the person must report it as soon as possible to a supervisor or to the employer, and the person receiving the report must investigate the reported unsafe condition or act and must ensure that any necessary corrective action is taken without delay.

If emergency action is required to correct a condition which constitutes an immediate threat to workers, only those qualified and properly instructed workers necessary to correct the unsafe condition may be exposed to the hazard, and every possible effort must be made to control the hazard while this is being done.

A person must not carry out or cause to be carried out any work process … if that person has reasonable cause to believe that to do so would create an undue hazard to the health and safety of any person.

2 CLAAS Specific Health and Safety Program

2.1 Definition:

The term “worker” used in this document and applied in the context of activities performed by CLAAS includes part-time and full-time employees, volunteers, and instructors of classes.

2.2 Health & Safety Approach

CLAAS will follow the Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) regulations of WorkSafe BC as specified on the website www.worksafebc.com/en/law-policy/occupational-health-safety.

Primarily applicable for typical CLAAS activities such as gallery management, music events and education classes is OHS Regulation Part 3: Rights and Responsibilities
(www.worksafebc.com/en/law-policy/occupational-health-safety/searchable-ohs-regulation/ohs-regulation/part-03-rights-and-responsibilities#SectionNumber:3.22)

Besides the responsibilities related to “workers” CLAAS is further obliged to protect gallery or event visitors and customers as well as class participants from unsafe situations.

In cooperation with other organisations active in the Christina Lake Welcome Centre CLAAS will ensure the following:

1. Workers are familiar with the location of emergency exits, muster stations, fire extinguishers, First Aid kits, and defibrillators

2. Workers are familiar with the actual provincial and local regulations pertaining to specific safety and health situations such as a pandemic

3. Names and telephone numbers of emergency services including fire & rescue, medical clinics, police, Fortis, and a designated electrician are placed visibly at the work locations

4. Workers are instructed on applicable occupational health best practices such a lifting of heavy items or computer usage etc.

To ensure adequate implementation of this Health and Safety Policy the Board of Directors of CLAAS will nominate a focal point for health and safety. This focal point will advise the Board as well as workers on unsafe conditions at CLAAS’s workplaces. It is the responsibility of the Board to take action and ensure full compliance with this policy.

Health and Safety are Everybody’s Responsibility!