LEARNING TASK 3 : State the Responsibilities of Employers, Workers, and Others at the Workplace
Employers’ workplace responsibilities
The WCA identifies responsibilities that are common to all places of employment. To ensure health and safety, the employer must:
- remedy workplace hazardous conditions
- ensure that workers:
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- are aware of known or foreseeable hazards of their work
- comply with the Act and Regulation
- are made aware of their rights and duties
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- establish occupational health and safety policies
- provide and maintain protective equipment, devices, and clothing as required
- provide information, instruction, training, and supervision to workers in carrying out their work
- make a copy of the Act and Regulation available for review by workers
- co-operate with workplace safety representative and WorkSafeBC