BU354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Workplace Violence, Disability Insurance, Benzene
Document Summary
Lost-time injury rate measures any occupaional injury or illness resuling in an employee being unable to fulill the work full work assignments, not including fataliies. Basic facts about occupaional health and safety legislaion. Responsibiliies and rights of employers and employees: employers are responsible for taking every reasonable precauion to ensure the health and safety of their workers due diligence. Employer illing government accident reports, maintaining records, ensuring safety rules are enforced, and posing safety noices and legislaive informaion. Employees taking reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, wearing protecive clothing, reporing and contravenion of laws and regulaions. Three rights: right to know of hazards, paricipate in health and safety process, right to refuse unsafe work if they have reasonable cause . Joint health and safety commitees: provide a non-adversarial atmosphere where management and labour can work together to ensure a safe and healthy workplace, most jurisdicions require a workplace to form one.
