2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Reconsideration re one committee for multiple workplaces
40(7.1) If, after making an order under subsection (6), additional
information comes to the attention of the director, the director
may, in accordance with the regulations, reconsider the order and
(a) confirm the order; or
(b) vary, suspend or revoke the order if the director believes that
(i) he or she would have come to a different decision if the
information had been known when the order was made, or
(ii) a worker’s safety or health is materially affected by the order.
Membership of committee
40(8)
A committee
(a) shall consist of not fewer than four or more than 12 persons, of
whom at least 1/2 shall be persons
(i) representing workers who are not associated with the
management of the workplace, and
(ii) appointed in accordance with the constitution of the union
that is the certified bargaining agent or that has acquired
bargaining rights on behalf of those workers, or where no such
union exists, persons elected by the workers they represent;
and
(b) shall have two co-chairpersons — one chosen by the employer
members on the committee, and the other chosen by the worker
members on the committee — who shall alternate in serving as
chairperson at meetings of the committee and shall participate in
all decisions of the committee.

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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Posting of names of members
40(9)
The employer or prime contractor shall ensure that the names
of the committee members are posted conspicuously in the
workplace.
Duties of committee
40(10)
The duties of a committee include
(a) the receipt, consideration and disposition of concerns and
complaints respecting the safety and health of workers;
(b) participation in the identification of risks to the safety or health
of workers or other persons, arising out of or in connection with
activities in the workplace;
(c) the development and promotion of measures to protect the
safety and health and welfare of persons in the workplace, and
checking the effectiveness of such measures;
(d) co-operation with the occupational health service, if such a service
has been established within the workplace;
(e) co-operation with a safety and health officer exercising duties
under this Act or the regulations;
(f) the development and promotion of programs for education and
information concerning safety and health in the workplace;
(g) the making of recommendations to the employer or prime
contractor respecting the safety and health of workers;
(h) the inspection of the workplace at regular intervals;
(i) the participation in investigations of accidents and dangerous
occurrences at the workplace;
(j) the maintenance of records in connection with the receipt and
disposition of concerns and complaints and the attendance to
other matters relating to the duties of the committee; and
(k) such other duties as may be specified in this Act or prescribed by
regulation.