For the last ten years, USJE Regional Vice-Presidents (RVPs) have been appointed as members on the RCMP’s National Policy Health and Safety Committee (NPHSC). For most of those years, not only did USJE RVPs sit on this committee, they were often the co-chair of the committee.
The NPHSC’s mandate is to be the principal forum for employee-management consultation on public service occupational health and safety issues with goals of prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses, and the promotion of a healthy and safe work environment. While not a decision-making body, the Committee provides national health and safety leadership, and may offer recommendations to the RCMP Commissioner.
In addition to the NPHSC, there are local and divisional health and safety committees across the country. Those committees have a more grassroots focus and seek to raise and address health and safety concerns for specific work sites. The NPHSC’s focus is to adopt a national view of health and safety matters.
