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19 Cards in this Set
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Three types of statutory requirements for occupational health and safety legislation |
1. Health and Safety regulations including Canada Labour Code for federally regulated industries 2. worker's compensation laws 3. "need to know" legislation reguarding hazardous situations or products |
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Occupation Health and Safety Legislation and regulations |
exist across all jurisdictions and typically over: the duties of owners, suppliers, directors, management, unions, and works, requirements for health and safety committees and representatives, right to refuse, right to stop, first aid requirments, training requirements, emergency prepardness requirements and inspections |
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Workers Rights |
- to know about occupational hazaqrds - to participate in decision making around occupational health and safety issues - to refuse to perform work they have reasonable cause to consider dangerous |
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Imminent Danger |
is a workplace hazard that puts you at immediate serious risk of death or serious physical harm. It may be a safety hazard such as an unstable trench or exposed electrical wire that could cause a serious or fatal accident immediately under present conditions. It also may be a health hazard such as toxic substances or dangerous fumes, dusts, or gases that could cause death or irreversible physical harm, shorten life, or reduce physical or mental performance. |
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Rights of Employees |
to follow rules, work safely and report offenses |
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Right and duties of supervisor |
to train and monitor |
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Right and duties of employer |
to raise awareness, provide safe working conditions |
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Right and duties of Occupational Health and Safety Join Committee |
to inspect, evaluate, and implement solutions and to post meeting minutes |
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Right and duties Safety Coordinator |
to advise, coordinate activities, collect , analyze, disseminate accidents statistics, inspect |
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Worker's compensation legistlation |
establishes provincially run programs for workers and their dependents and provides for: - medical care, rehabilitation services, wage-loss recovery, disability awards in case of the worker injury and income continuation and funeral benefits for dependents in case of death - encourages the prevention of accidents or occupational illness |
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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS Legislation) |
legislation that requires all organizations in Canada to provide employees with infromation about the materials they work with that they need to known to prevent a workplace incident |
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Bill C-45 |
an admendment to the Canadian Criminal code that causes corporate decision-makers and make it easier to convict coporate leaders for their actions. - no limit to fines for more serious offences. maximum penality for an individual convicted of criminal negligence is life imprisonment |
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Worker's Compensation |
- provincially established - provide no fault insurance in the event of a workplace accident -workers cannot sue their employers - employers pay all costs of premiums for this insurance |
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Premium formula for worker's compensation |
(Base Bay times Experience Rating) times Assessable Earings |
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Worker's Compensation |
- premiums are experience based |
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Base Rate for workers compensation |
term for an industry group rating / classification |
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Experience Rating for workers compensation |
term for organization's experience considered the value of previous claims |
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Assessable Earnings for workers compensation |
term for gross earnings of all full-time, part-time, and casual employees as well as unregistered contractors and share holders |
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Common Elements of Worker's Compensation Legislation |
- to qualify for compensation the worker must establish that their disease or injury arose out of the course of employment and that they are workers under the act - a key element is prevention which may involve issuing an order or warning letter |
