LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL AND THE SIGNATORY CRAFT COUNCIL

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Contractor to come into compliance, including, but not lnnited to, assessing fines and penalties and/or removing the offending Contractor from Project Work. ARTICLE 12 SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY Section 12.1 Safety 12.1.1 It shall be the responsibility of each Contractor to ensure safe working conditions and employee compliance with any safety rules contained herein or established by the City or the Contractor, whichever is most restrictive shall apply. It is understood that employees have an individual obligation to use diligent care to perform their work in a safe manner and to protect themselves and the property of the Contractor and the City. 12.1.2 Employees shall be bound by the safety, security and visitor rules established by the Contractor and/or the City. These rules will be published and posted. An employee's failure to satisfy his/her obligations under this section will subject him/her to discipline, up to and including discharge. 12.1.3 The Parties shall adopt the Substance Abuse Policy attached hereto as Attachment "E," which shall be the policy and procedure utilized under this Agreement. Section 12.2 Suspension of Work for Safety A Contractor may suspend all or a portion of the job to protect the life and safety of employees. In such cases, employees will be compensated only for the actual time worked; provided, however, that where the Contractor requests employees to remain at the site and be available for work, the employees will be compensated for stand-by time at their basic hourly rate of pay. Section 12.3 Water and Sanitary Facilities The Contractor shall provide adequate supplies of drinking water and sanitary facilities for all employees as required by state law or regulation. ARTICLE 13 TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE Travel expenses, travel time, subsistence allowances, zone rates and parking reimbursements shall be paid in accordance with the applicable Master Labor Agreement unless superseded by the applicable prevailing wage determination. ARTICLE 14 APPRENTICES Section 14.1 Importance of Training The Parties recognize the need to maintain continuing support of the programs designed to develop adequate numbers of competent workers in the construction industry, the obligation to capitalize on the availability of the local work force in the area served by the City, and the opportunities to provide continuing work under the construction program. To these ends, the Parties will facilitate, encourage, and assist local residents Community Workforce Agreement 26 City of Santa Ana