Safety meeting on campany time

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Comment by Jason Burzynski on August 2, 2010 at 9:35am

The company created the committee but refuses to pay those in attendance or the workers created one and the company is refusing to pay because it is not a company sanctioned committee? I don't believe having a formal safety committee is required by OSHA, recommended certainly but not required.

Given that OSHA doesn't require one, I'm not sure why they would have a standard in regard to safety committees.

Comment by Travis Feight on August 2, 2010 at 9:15am

Thanks, that does help a little, but still not quite what I was looking for. A freind of mine works for a road construction company. The company just created a safety commitee and when the commitee meets, the have been doing it without pay, during their working hours. When my freind told me this, I told him that I remembered seeing somewhere that meeting had to be paid and I believe during normal work hours. Though I have been unable to find where I read it.

Comment by Lyndon Pousson on July 31, 2010 at 9:54pm

Not familiar with any OSHA regulation regarding safety meetings during working hours. The link David provided below shed some light but made it even more confusing for me. In my 45 years of experience any mandatory meetings, safety or otherwise, were considered work related and conducted during normal working hours. After hours or on one's days off activties were considered overtime and we were paid "time-and-a-half".

Comment by David Sharrow on July 30, 2010 at 6:37pm

Travis,
This Department of Labor web page should help:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.htm