There shall be established a Protective Services Health and Safety Committee, consisting of eight (8) members with right of substitution: four (4) appointed by the Union and four (4) appointed by the State. The Committee shall meet at least once per month or as necessary to review alleged health or safety problems brought to its attention. The Committee may also investigate problems on its own.
Members shall be released to attend meetings without loss of pay or benefits and attendance shall be considered as time worked as part of the employees regular schedule which shall include travel time to and from committee meetings.
The Committee shall report its findings to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the appropriate agency officials who will take all appropriate steps to comply with Article 11.
Within the framework of available resources the Committee may employ the services of independent experts to conduct studies of alleged problems.
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