The applicant employer appealed an inspector's order requiring it to pay a joint health and safety committee member premium pay for attending a committee meeting on his scheduled day off.
The collective agreement provided that committee members would be paid at their straight time hourly rate for monthly meetings.
The Board held that the collective agreement's specific provision regarding committee meeting pay took precedence over general overtime provisions, and that straight time pay was 'proper' within the meaning of section 9(35) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The application was allowed and the inspector's order was rescinded.
