Following information provided by Ministry of Labour:
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act gives workers rights. It sets out roles for employers, supervisors and workers so they can work together to make workplaces safer.
Improve Health and Safety:
- Find out about your Joint Health and Safety Committee or Health and Safety Representative.
- Talk to your employer, supervisor, workers, joint health and safety committee or health and safety representative about health and safety concerns.
Workers have the right to:
- Know about workplace hazards and what to do about them
- Participate in solving workplace health and safety problems
- Refuse work they believe is unsafe
Workers must:
- Follow the law and workplace health and safety policies and procedures
- Wear and use the protective equipment required by their employer
- Work and act in a way that won’t hurt themselves or anyone else
- Report any hazards or injuries to their supervisor
Employers must NOT take action against workers for following the law and raising health and safety concerns.
Employers must:
- Make sure workers know about hazards and dangers by providing information, instruction and supervision on how to work safely
- Make sure supervisors know what is required to protect workers’ health and safety on the job
- Create workplace health and safety policies and procedures
- Make sure everyone follows the law and the workplace health and safety policies and procedures
- Make sure workers wear and use the right protective equipment
- Do everything reasonable in the circumstances to protect workers from being hurt or getting a work-related illness
- Provide proper Health and safety training and WHIMS training
Supervisors must:
- Tell workers about hazards and dangers, and respond to their concerns
- Show workers how to work safely, and make sure they follow the law and workplace health and safety policies and procedures
- Make sure workers wear and use the right protective equipment
- Do everything reasonable in the circumstances to protect workers from being hurt or getting a work-related illness.
Contact the 2nd Vice President for more information.
Call the Ministry of Labour at 1-877-202-0008.
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