2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

“representative” means a worker safety and health representative
designated or appointed under section 41; (« délégué »)
“reprisal” means any act or omission by an employer or any person
acting under the authority of the employer or any union which
adversely affects any term or condition of employment, or of
membership in a union, and without restricting the generality of the
foregoing includes lay-off, suspension, dismissal, loss of opportunity
for promotion, demotion, transfer of duties, change of location of
workplace, reduction in wages, or change in working hours but does
not include the temporary relocation of a worker to other similar or
equivalent work without loss of pay or benefits until a condition that
threatens the safety or health of the worker is remedied; (« mesure
discriminatoire »)
“safety” means the prevention of physical injury to workers and the
prevention of physical injury to other persons arising out of or in
connection with activities in the workplace; (« sécurité »)
“safety and health officer” means a person designated as a safety and
health officer under this Act; (« agent de sécurité et d’hygiène »)

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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“stop work order” means an order made under section 36;
(« ordre d’arrêt du travail »)
“supervisor” means a person who has charge of a workplace or
authority over a worker; (« surveillant »)
“supplier” means a person who supplies, sells, leases, installs or
provides
(a) any tool, equipment, machine or device, or
(b) any biological substance or chemical substance,
to be used in a workplace; (« fournisseur »)
“union” means a union as defined under The Labour Relations Act;
(« syndicat »)
“welfare” means the conditions or facilities, in or near a workplace,
provided for the feeding, rest, hygiene or sanitary requirements of a
worker; (« bien-être »)
“worker” includes
(a) any person who is employed by an employer to perform
a service whether for gain or reward, or hope of gain or
reward or not,
(b) any person engaged by another person to perform services,
whether under a contract of employment or not
(i) who performs work or services for another person for
compensation or reward on such terms and conditions
that he is, in relation to that person, in a position of
economic dependence upon that person more closely
resembling the relationship of any employee than that of
an independent contractor, and
(ii) who works or performs services in a workplace which is
owned or operated by the person who engages him to
perform services,
(c) any person undergoing training or serving an apprenticeship
at an educational institution or at any other place;
(« travailleur »)