2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Education program on construction sites
44(3)
On a construction project, each employer who employs five or
more workers on that project shall institute a safety and health
education program at the worksite at which all workers shall
attend without loss of pay or other benefits for a period or
periods equivalent to 30 minutes every two weeks, of which no
period shall be less than 15 minutes.
Education program at seasonal workplace
44(4)
At a seasonal workplace as described in subclause 40(1)(a)(i),
each employer must institute a safety and health education
program at the workplace. All workers must attend the program
without loss of pay or other benefits for a period or periods
equivalent to 30 minutes every two weeks, of which no period
may be less than 15 minutes, for the duration of the seasonal
workplace.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 36; S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 24; S.M. 2021, c. 5, s. 27.
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[Repealed]
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 37.

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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NEEDLES IN MEDICAL WORKPLACES
Use of safety-engineered needles
45.1(1) When hollow-bore or intravenous needles are used in a medical
workplace, the employer must ensure
(a) so far as is reasonably practicable, that workers use only safety-
engineered needles; and
(b) that safe work procedures and practices relating to the use
of those safety-engineered needles are implemented in the
workplace.
If safety-engineered needles not practicable
45.1(2) If it is not reasonably practicable to use safety-engineered needles
in a medical workplace, the employer must ensure that safe work
procedures and practices relating to the use of hollow-bore or
intravenous needles are implemented in the workplace.