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Wednesday, October 23 2019
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Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
If you have an issue on your job that is serious and requires immediate attention then remember you have the "Right to Refuse Unsafe Work". When exercising your Right, remember this:- Inform the supervisor that you are Refusing to Work because it is unsafe,
- All argument should then stop,
- The supervisor should immediately get you a Safety Representative,
- If either of these do not happen, leave the situation and seek a Safety Rep. or Union Rep. IMMEDIATELY! Or you can call the Ministry of Labour at 1 - (877) - 202 - 0008,
- You should wait in a safe area.
- You, the Safety Rep. and the supervisor will investigate the details of the Work Refusal,
- The company will attempt to satisfy your concerns,
- If there is no resolution then the Ministry of Labour is to be called,
- Anyone can call the Ministry of Labour (Worker, Safety Rep. or supervisor)
- After the Ministry has been called;
- The worker can be reassigned to another job (not in a punitive manner),
- The company can assign someone else to perform the job after informing the worker - in the presence of the Safety Rep. - of the details of the Refusal
- (No one is obligated to perform a job that has been Refused, and the Inspector can fine anyone deemed to be working in an unsafe manner),
- The Inspector will investigate the details of the Work Refusal with the Worker, supervisor and Safety Rep.,
- The Inspector will render a decision whether the situation is "Likely to endanger" or "Not likely to endanger",
- If "Likely to endanger" then the Inspector is likely to write an order against the company to correct the situation before the job can be run,
- If "Not likely to endanger" then the worker will be expected to perform the job, but still has the right to appeal the decision later.
- Inform the supervisor that you are Refusing to Work because it is unsafe,
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- 1:43pmMike Hnatjuk created ContactsRead more
HAMILTON AREA STEELWORKERS ACTION CENTRE
Helping Steelworkers rejoin the workforce since 2000
Who are we?
Our committee is an employement adjustment committee set up by the Hamilton Steelworkers Area Council. The committee provides job search and re-employement assistance to any laid off steelworker from any USW Local affiliated with the Hamilton Steelworkers Area Council.
The committee has assisted steelworkers from 33 USW Locals. We are currently servicing thousands of laid off steelworkers who have been affected by plant closures or major downsizing.
The committee is sponsered by and funded by the Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities(MTCU) and by companies, where there is significant downsizing and the USW Local is able to negotiate a package of support for the adjustment process.
To sum up, the committee provides newly unemployed workers with a co-operative self help approach to dealing with the difficulties of unemployement, ongoing support and counseling during their job search and access to adjustment services that create a more orderly approach to re-employement.
1031 Barton Street E.
Hamilton, Ontario
L8L 3E3Phone: 905-548-9197
Toll Free: 877-264-4344
Fax: 905-548-6446
Website: www.hasac.ca
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