2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Employer as supervisor
4(3)
For the purposes of clause (2)(h), an employer may supervise his or
her workers if he or she satisfies the criteria set out in that clause.
Employer’s duty re training
4(4)
Without limiting the generality of clause (2)(b), every employer shall
provide information, instruction and training to a worker to ensure,
so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, and health of the
worker, before the worker
(a) begins performing a work activity at a workplace;
(b) performs a different work activity than the worker was originally
trained to perform; or
(c) is moved to another area of the workplace or a different workplace
that has different facilities, procedures or hazards.
Performing work activity during training
4(5)
Notwithstanding subsection (4), a worker may perform a work
activity while being trained if the worker is under the direction of a
supervisor or another person who is fully trained and has sufficient
experience in performing that work activity to ensure that the safety
or health of the worker and any other person is not at risk.

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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Wages and benefits during training
4(6)
A worker is entitled to the same wages and benefits for any
time spent in training that he or she would be entitled to had
the worker been performing his or her regular work duties
during that time.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 7.
DUTIES OF SUPERVISORS
Duties of supervisors
4.1
Every supervisor shall
(a) so far as is reasonably practicable,
(i) take all precautions necessary to protect the safety and
health of a worker under his or her supervision,
(ii) ensure that a worker under his or her supervision works
in the manner and in accordance with the procedures and
measures required by this Act and the regulations, and
(iii) ensure that a worker under his or her supervision uses
all devices and wears all clothing and personal protective
equipment designated or provided by the employer or
required to be used or worn by this Act or the regulations;
(b) advise a worker under his or her supervision of all known or
reasonably foreseeable risks to safety and health in the area
where the worker is performing work;
(c) co-operate with any other person exercising a duty imposed
by this Act or the regulations; and
(d) comply with this Act and the regulations.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 7.
DUTIES OF WORKERS