2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Employer co-operation
41.3(2) If a safety and health officer makes a request under subsection (1),
the employer shall permit the person requested to accompany the
officer on the inspection or investigation and shall pay the person in
accordance with subsection 40(11).
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 33.
REPRISALS
Reprisals prohibited
42(1)
No employer, union or person acting on behalf of an employer or
union shall take or threaten a reprisal against a worker for
(a) exercising a right under or carrying out a duty in accordance with
this Act or the regulations;
(b) testifying in a proceeding under this Act;
(c) giving information about workplace conditions affecting the safety,
health or welfare of any worker to
(i) an employer or a person acting on behalf of an employer,
(ii) a safety and health officer or another person concerned with the
administration of this Act,
(iii) another worker or a union representing a worker, or

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(iv) a committee or a representative;
(d) performing duties or exercising rights as a member of a
committee or as a representative;
(e) refusing to do dangerous work under section 43;
(f) taking reasonable action at the workplace to protect the safety
or health of another person;
(g) complying with this Act or the regulations or a code of practice
under this Act, or an order or decision made under this Act; or
(h) attempting to have this Act or the regulations enforced.
Failure to pay wages or benefits
42(2)
In addition to the circumstances giving rise to a reprisal as
set out in subsection (1), an employer who fails to pay wages
or benefits to a worker when required to do so by this Act is
deemed to have taken a reprisal against the worker under this
section.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 34; S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 21; S.M. 2021, c. 16, s. 9.