MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unemployment Benefits, Household-Responsibility System, Safety Data Sheet
12 Nov 2017
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Look at the act first, then look at the regulations. Act: broad in scope and there is different regulations under the act. Competent supervisor: a) know the law, b) know the work (experience, training), and c) familiar with the hazards in the workplace. Section 43 of health and safety act: refusal of unsafe work. Act: federal, provincial, or territorial law that constitutes basic regulatory mechanism for occupational health and safety. Regulations: explains how general intent of the act will be applied in specific circumstances. Guidelines and policies: more specific rules that are not legally enforceable unless referred to in a regulation or act. Standards and codes: design-related guides established by agencies such as the csa or ansi. All ohs legislation includes the following elements: an act, powers of enforcement, workers" right to refuse unsafe work, protection of workers from reprisals, duties and responsibilities assigned to employers and others.
