OHS 208 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joint Committee, Workplace Violence, Canada Labour Code

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Occupational Health
• Course: OHS 208
• Professor: Peter Strahlendorf

Document Summary

Unit 7: right to participate (committees and reps) 2+ ppl where half of them are employees (who aren"t managers and were slected by the employees or trade union). If there isn"t a committee the employer takes the responsibilities: couple on general purpose of health and safety committees (just generally-what are they supposed to be doing. Check back on irs discussion in unit 5- what is the right to participate in committees) If there"s 20+ workers, you can have a policy committee. For the purposes of addressing health and safety matters that apply to the work, Everyone has a responsibility to be safe and keep others safe: federal jurisdiction (canada labour code part 2) what it says about committees. You can have multiple committees if the trade union and employees agree to it. A policy committee can get any necessary info from an employer to identify existing or potential hazards of materials, processes, equipment or activities.