Employer
Employer responsibilities include informing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee of any work-related accidents involving injury, death or occupational illness and providing the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee with the results of any reports relating to health and safety in the workplace.
The employer must provide a location for joint health and safety committee meetings. The employer must also choose the managerial member or members of the joint health and safety committee. These members must exercise managerial functions, and, if possible, do so at the workplace where the joint health and safety committee is located.
The employer must provide a written response to recommendations within 21 days. If the recommendations are accepted, a timetable for action must be outlined and provided to the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee. If an employer decides against acting on the recommendations, reasons must be given in writing.
A health and safety representative has the same responsibilities and powers as a joint health and safety committee member. These include the responsibility to inspect the workplace at least once a month and the power to:
identify workplace hazards
be consulted about workplace testing
make recommendations to the employer
investigate work refusals and serious accidents
A worker must report any hazard or contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to the employer or supervisor. If the matter is not resolved, a worker should then refer it to a health and safety representative or member of the joint health and safety committee.
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When such matters are referred to a worker health and safety representative, he or she should: ask a supervisor or person with designated responsibility in the area to take part in resolving the problem; and notify the worker who reported the concern once a decision or recommendation has been made. If a worker complaint cannot be resolved, the representative should inform the employer. If the employer is unable to resolve the issue, either the employer or the worker could contact a Ministry of Labour inspector, who will review the situation and render a decision.
When such matters are referred to a joint health and safety committee member, the member should:
ask a supervisor or person with designated responsibility in the area to take part in resolving the problem; have this request noted at the next joint health and safety committee meeting and recorded in the minutes; and notify the worker who reported the concern of a decision or recommendation made by the joint health and safety committee.
If a worker complaint cannot be resolved, either of the co-chairpersons should inform the employer. If the employer is unable to resolve the issue, either the employer or the worker could contact a Ministry of Labour inspector, who will review the situation and render a decision.
