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Right to Know


The Right to Know In Canada employees have the Right to Know about workplace hazards. That means that your employer must disclose any potential hazards before you begin working at your designated workplace. Your employer must also update you on new hazards as they materialize.

Right to Participate: As an employee you have the Right to Participate in workplace safety. What does this mean? It means you have the right to become active within your company’s, organization’s, or business’ safety committee or procedure. As an employee you have the right to identify, report, and control workplace hazards.

Right to Refuse Did you know you have the right to refuse work if you believe you are at risk of injury? That’s right, as an employee in Canada you have the right to refuse work if you are in direct danger or believe your performance of an activity places you in danger. As a part of the Canada Labour Code you are able to refuse work as long as:

1) The danger is abnormal for the role

2) That you do not place other employees in danger by refusing to work So what do you do if you think you’re in danger?

The first step is to inform your employer about any risk or danger you are in. If they agree with you, than you do not have to continue working until the issue is resolved. If they do not agree with you are welcome to voice your concerns to your workplace safety committee; it is then up to the committee to decide if your workplace is in fact, dangerous.

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