Section 1
Whenever the Agency determines to convene a Safety Risk Management Panel (SRMP) or a Safety Risk Management Working Group (SRMW) at the local, regional, or national level to evaluate an issue involving the work of bargaining unit employees, the Union, as a stakeholder, shall be invited to participate.
Section 2
When a SRMP or SRMW is convened, to the extent practicable, the Union at the appropriate level shall normally be provided with thirty (30) days notice prior to the scheduling of a panel.
Section 3
The Agency shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by Union participants on an SRMP except for:
a. Reimbursement of mileage for local travel in accordance with the FAATP when a Government Owned Vehicle (GOV) is not available.
b. Travel costs in accordance with the FAATP, when the Union is provided with less than fifteen (15) days notice for SRMPs at the regional and national level.
Section 4
Union representatives shall be in a duty status, if otherwise in a duty status, to participate on an SRMP and/or SRMW and related activities, including travel.
Section 5
A briefing package will be provided to the SRMP participant(s) in advance of the scheduled meeting, and the participant(s) will be afforded sufficient time to review the document(s) in a duty status. The briefing package should include an invitation, an agenda, briefing materials, and directions to the meeting. All documents should be shared with the SRMP members sufficiently in advance of the panel meeting.
Section 6
Union representatives selected to be an SRMP participant must have completed the SRMP participant training. This training will take place in a duty status prior to the SRMP he/she is participating on.
Section 7
The Union’s National Safety Representative, and/or his/her designee, will be provided the opportunity to receive the Safety Risk Management Practitioner course training while in a duty status.
Section 8
If the Union representative does not concur with the findings of the SRMP or SRMW, he/she may submit written comments to the Agency. The Agency shall consider these comments in their deliberations and shall append them to the final SRMD or SRMDM, as appropriate.