Employers

Workplace safety and health committee information for employers

Employers are responsible for the health and safety of the workplace and supporting a workplace safety and health committee or representative with their initiatives.

Employers must:

• establish a written workplace safety and health program. See Section 7.4(1) of The Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSH Act), W210
• respond in writing to committee recommendations within thirty days, including short and long-term control measures to address the recommendations
• provide a bulletin board located in a prominent place for the exclusive use of committee members in connection with safety and health subjects
• provide a meeting place for the committee during regular working hours
• provide each committee member the greater of 16 hours or the number of hours the worker typically works during two shifts annually for safety and health educational leave (training seminars) to ensure competency
• committee members must be paid for the greater of the hours spent at training or the regularly worked hours at a shift
• consult and co-operate with the committee
• advise the committee of the planned introduction of new equipment, new operating procedures, new chemicals or other new substances or materials

Several sections and parts of the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation apply to workplace safety and health committees and representatives.

For more information, look into Sections 40 and 41 of The Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSH Act) and Part 3 of the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation (WSH Regulation).