Sentences with phrase «under occupational safety»

Although employers are required under Occupational Safety and Health Administration («OSHA») regulations to ensure that walking surfaces are safe and to prevent falls from elevated equipment, slips, trips, and falls are among the most common causes of serious and fatal workplace injuries and deaths.

The provision permits covered health care providers who provide health care as a workforce member of or at the request of an employer to disclose to that employer protected health information concerning work - related injuries or illnesses or workplace medical surveillance in situations where the employer has a duty under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, or under a similar state law, to keep records on or act on such information.

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees.

Not exact matches

California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration started an investigation into Tesla on Tuesday, following a media report alleging that Tesla under - reported worker injuries.

In December, labour minister Yasir Naqvi announced changes to labour legislation that would bring unpaid workers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and boost workplace inspections this spring.

But after days of requests, the administration has only identified a total of three boards that it said fall under the order's purview: the Albany Convention Center Authority, the Capital Program Review Board at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Abatement Board.

In a letter sent to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.), U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said the World Trade Center Health Program should thrive under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rather than its current home within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

If enacted, PAWA would bring public employees, including state university workers like Sheri, under the protection of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which currently excludes them.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

Until the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently decided that space is not under its purview, astronauts were officially classified as radiological workers, a category that also includes employees of nuclear power plants.

As a university employee, Sheri came under the jurisdiction of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal / OSHA.

Occupational Health Nursing: As suggested by nursing assignment help writers, under this branch, nurses deliver health and safety programs or services to workers and community groups.

Under these relatively conservative assumptions, this level and duration of mercury exposure is not likely to be dangerous, as it is lower than the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard of 0.05 mg / m3 of metallic mercury vapor averaged over eight hours.

This is not the first time the Court has imposed creative sentences under Section 75 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Administrative Penalties Regulations, an Administrator is empowered to impose penalties on employers for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

In addition to cases where wrongful dismissal has been found (especially in labour relations scenarios), reinstatement is authorized under work - related legislation, such as occupational health and safety and human rights legislation.

The new legislation will have an impact on how businesses operate, by changing the obligations of employers under Ontario's Employment Standards Act (ESA), 2000, Labour Relations Act (LRA), 1995, and Occupational Health and Safety Act.

An employee who is punished because they reported a hostile work environment to their employer can file a complaint to the Ministry of Labour under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers with five or more employees are required to prepare a workplace policy about workplace violence and harassment.

He was also charged with twelve offences under the Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act.

A termination because of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code or as retaliation for reporting or enforcing a provision of the ESA or the Occupational Health and Safety Act, may be unlawful.

Ryan advises on the treatment of petroleum products and renewable fuels under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Act Mobile Source and Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programs as well as under programs administered by a host of related agencies including the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

However, a comment sparked further discussion on how workplace political expression could also contravene harassment provisions under occupational health and safety legislation... [more]

It has been a little under seven years since Bill 168 made amendments to Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) by adding employer obligations regarding the prevention of workplace violence and harassment.

Importantly, section 3 of the Apology Act outlines exceptions relating to criminal proceedings and proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act, which include Occupational Health and Safety proceedings.

Under sections 40 and 41 of Quebec's Act respecting occupational health and safety combined with the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases and the Regulation respecting the certificate issued for the preventive withdrawal and reassignment of a pregnant or breastfeeding worker, pregnant employees with a doctor's certificate can withdraw temporarily from the workforce to avoid unsafe work.

The Ontario Court of Appeal held that under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act, the broker for this group of independent truck drivers had to establish a health and safety commSafety Act, the broker for this group of independent truck drivers had to establish a health and safety commsafety committee.

On April 17, 2014, Mr. Campbell pleaded guilty, as a supervisor, to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a boom truck he was operating toppled over and killed a worker.

In R v Campbell, (2017 ONSC 3442), Mr. Campbell was charged with criminal negligence after pleading guilty to an offence under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA»).

Mr. Hoyeck has also been charged with a number of offences under the Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act.

This charge was laid under the general duty clause of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.

In the recent decision Podobnik v. Society of St. Vincent de Paul Stores (Ottawa) Inc. 2016 CanLII 65109, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) held that the Employer had reprised against the Employee when it terminated her employment after she had exercised her rights under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to refuse unsafe work.

It's also unclear how cases involving charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) or the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) will be affected — particularly when corporations are involved.

Currently, sexual harassment can be a criminal offence under the Criminal Code, an offence under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

In addition, on June 15, 2010, provisions to prevent and deal with violence and harassment in the workplace came into force under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Writing on behalf of the bench, Justice Sarah Pepall concluded the fine imposed by the Court of Justice was too low and the judge erred by considering similar fines under the Occupational Health & Safety Act instead of the heavier penalties under the Criminal Code.

Littler Canada helps employers comply with the many requirements, legislative amendments, regulations, and policies under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and Part II of the Canada Labour Code.

For example, under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA «-RRB-, employers have a general obligation to take all precautions reasonable in the circumstance for the protection of the worker.

Amongst these changes is an amendment to Rule 41 of the OLRB Rules of Procedure that will allow for complaints alleging reprisals under section 50 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA») to be handled through expedited proceedings.

It is important to examine what this definition entails, both on the part of employees and employers seeking to implement and maintain anti-harassment polices that are legally required in every workplace under the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Ontario.

The Zochem decision must also be read in the context of the recently expanded employer obligations under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to investigations of workplace sexual harassment, and corresponding employer duties regarding employee psychological health.

Compliance with the new Bill 132 obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to investigate incidents and allegations of workplace harassment can help uncover and correct situations which might otherwise result in chronic mental stress.

In a recent decision, Arbitrator Lorne Slotnick upheld the discharge of an employee who attempted to improperly use medical restrictions and the right to refuse unsafe work under occupational health and safety legislation as the basis for refusing a work assignment.

Remember that employers are entitled to prognosis information about an employee's abilities and limitations in order to meet the requirements of their job under the Code, as well as the employer's obligation to take every precaution reasonable in the protection of employees under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

When learning of the absences of their colleagues, the employee and the five other correctional officers advised management that they were engaging in a work refusal, under section 43 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), because they believed that there was insufficient staff to operate the institution safely.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA»), employers have a general duty to protect their workers from workplace hazards and occupationaOccupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA»), employers have a general duty to protect their workers from workplace hazards and occupationaloccupational illnesses.

213/91 (Construction Projects) follow previous amendments to other regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act that required «working at heights» training for employees that use certain methods of fall protection.

Rather than address the issues — many of which can trigger legal obligations for the employer under the Human Rights Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and other legal obligations — the employer either «waits you out» or actively encourages you to resign if you don't like your workplace.

213/91 (Construction Projects) under the Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect January 1, 2017.