St Patrick’s
School
SMOKING IN THE
WORKPLACE POLICY
The
St Patrick’s school policy under the Smoke Free Environments Act 1990 which was
amended on . The "Smokefree
Environments Act 2003". Act requires
that the whole school must be a
smoke free area.
Specified Area for Smoking:
Outside school grounds
Review:
The policy
will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees by consultation in February of each
year.
Complaints Procedure:
The
following steps should be taken by anyone who wishes to make complaints against
persons smoking in NON SMOKING areas:
(1)
Draw the smoker’s attention to the offence
(2)
Report the matter to the Health Co-ordinator (
Marie Anderson) in the School
(3)
If the Health Co-ordinator fails to act or if
the Health Co-ordinator is unable to deter the offender(s), then the complaint
may be submitted to the District Health Board.
The
normal procedure for treating anyone who infringes the conditions of the St
Patrick’s School Smoking in the Workplace policy will be to issue a verbal
warning on the first occasion, followed by a written warning on a repeated
offence. If the offending continues, the
complaint will be passed onto the Board of Trustees.
The
offending person can be fined $400.00 and the school $4000.00.
This
policy will be reviewed annually according to the Board’s timetable of
triennial review.
The
review will be conducted in the form of a questionnaire offered to each
employee as follows:
1) Have you read the Boards smoking policy Yes No
2) In your experience have the above
objectives been met Yes No
Date
April 2006