HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Occupational Hygiene, New Approach, Endangerment

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3400
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Hrm 3400 winter 2012 anna blake. Common elements among all canadian occupation health legislation. The rights of workers to do unsafe work. Duties and responsibilities assigned to key stakeholders. New approach to occupational health and safety in ontario. Four fundamental principles: workplace self-reliance in oh&s should be enhanced, strong partnership forged with the cooperation of the major players in. Oh&s: encouragement of oh&s best practices, effective enforcement. These include employers, owners, contractors, supervisors and workers. Employers have a primary duty to provide a safe work environment. Who is a supervisor": a person who has charge of a workplace or authority over workers, in ontario, a competent supervisor is familiar with the oh&s act and regulations and has knowledge of potential hazards. Who is a worker": a person who performs work or supplies service for monetary compensation but does not include an inmate of a correctional institution.