{"id":172,"date":"2022-01-20T18:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/chapter\/investigations\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:41:53","slug":"investigations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/chapter\/investigations\/","title":{"raw":"OHS Guidelines","rendered":"OHS Guidelines"},"content":{"raw":"When you read the language in the Regulation you may sometimes find wording that could be interpreted differently.\r\n\r\nFor example, the \u201cProcedure for refusal\u201d section uses the wording <em>\u201creasonable cause to believe\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cundue hazard\u201d<\/em>. In many situations, the <em>\u201creasonable cause\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cundue hazard\u201d<\/em> can be straightforward. However, in some situations it can be more difficult to determine that the worker has reasonable cause to believe there is an undue hazard. It is for reasons similar to these that many parts of the OHS Regulation have associated OHS Guidelines, which are used to help interpret and apply sections of the OHS Regulation.\r\n\r\nIf you are looking at a section of the Regulation on the WorkSafeBC website or app, you can consult guidelines that explain the test for determining whether a worker has a <em>\u201creasonable cause to believe\u201d<\/em> that an undue hazard exists or would be created, and what constitutes an <em>\u201cundue hazard.\u201d<\/em> The guidelines also explain the process for investigation into a work refusal, where completion of the procedure under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/law-policy\/occupational-health-safety\/searchable-ohs-regulation\/ohs-regulation\/part-03-rights-and-responsibilities#SectionNumber:3.12\">section 3.12(3)<\/a> of the Regulation has not resolved the work stoppage.","rendered":"<p>When you read the language in the Regulation you may sometimes find wording that could be interpreted differently.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the \u201cProcedure for refusal\u201d section uses the wording <em>\u201creasonable cause to believe\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cundue hazard\u201d<\/em>. In many situations, the <em>\u201creasonable cause\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cundue hazard\u201d<\/em> can be straightforward. However, in some situations it can be more difficult to determine that the worker has reasonable cause to believe there is an undue hazard. It is for reasons similar to these that many parts of the OHS Regulation have associated OHS Guidelines, which are used to help interpret and apply sections of the OHS Regulation.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking at a section of the Regulation on the WorkSafeBC website or app, you can consult guidelines that explain the test for determining whether a worker has a <em>\u201creasonable cause to believe\u201d<\/em> that an undue hazard exists or would be created, and what constitutes an <em>\u201cundue hazard.\u201d<\/em> The guidelines also explain the process for investigation into a work refusal, where completion of the procedure under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/law-policy\/occupational-health-safety\/searchable-ohs-regulation\/ohs-regulation\/part-03-rights-and-responsibilities#SectionNumber:3.12\">section 3.12(3)<\/a> of the Regulation has not resolved the work stoppage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1495,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-172","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":159,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/revisions\/420"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/159"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/172\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}