Health and Safety on the Job

If you are injured on the job at Yale, you have rights! Our contract provides protections for everything from safety on Yale grounds to ergonomics and lab safety.  If you have questions about these matters, you can refer to:

• Your union steward

• The Joint Health and Safety Committee

• Your Local 34 contract, Article III

• Yale University’s Injured Employee Guide to Worker’s Compensation (pamphlet available by request at: www.yale.edu/finance/controller/riskman/workerscompensation.html)

• Yale Office of Worker’s Compensation: 55 Whitney Ave, Suite 470; 432-9830

• Yale’s Risk Management website: www.yale.edu/finance/controller/riskman/ and Yale’s Health and Safety website: www.yale.edu/publicsafety/

• State of Connecticut Website on worker’s compensation: http://wcc.state.ct.us/

Joint Health and Safety Committee

The Committee meets regularly.         

If you are interested in getting more involved with Health and Safety issues please contact Beth Cooper at 624-5161 X252