The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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“workplace” means any building, site,
workshop, structure, mine, mobile
vehicle, or any other premises or location whether indoors or outdoors
in
which one or more workers, or self-employed persons, are engaged in
work or have worked. (« lieu de travail »)
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 3; S.M. 2009, c. 15, s. 251; S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 2; S.M. 2018, c.
8, s. 28; S.M. 2021, c. 16, s. 2.
PURPOSE OF THIS ACT
General objects and purposes
2(1)
The objects and purposes of this Act are
(a) to secure workers and self-employed persons from risks to their
safety, health and welfare arising out of,
or in connection with,
activities in their workplaces; and
(b) to protect other persons from risks to their safety and health arising
out of, or in connection with, activities in workplaces.
Specific objects and purposes
2(2)
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1),
the objects and
purposes of this Act include
(a) the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,
mental and social well-being of workers;
(b) the prevention among workers of ill health
caused by their working
conditions;
(c) the protection of workers in their employment from factors
promoting ill health;
(d) the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational
environment adapted to their physiological
and psychological
condition; and
(e) the promotion of workers’ rights
(i) to know about safety and health hazards in their workplaces,
(ii) to participate in safety and health activities at their workplaces,
(iii)
to refuse dangerous work, and
(iv) to work without being subject to a reprisal.
S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 3; S.M. 2021, c. 16, s. 3.
The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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