agreements Flashcards
occupational health and safety act
defines the rights and responsibilities of employees in their workplace to ensure their health and safety. put in place to remind companies the importance of making profit but also to look after health and safety of workers
ohsa workers rights
right to refuse unsafe work, right to participate in workplace health and safety activities, right to know about actual hazards in the workplace
canadian human rights act
states the employees with disabilities must be accommodated by business as long as undue hardship does not occur to the business
environmental protection act
protection and conservation of the natural environemtn
employment standards act
work rights and obligations
kyoto protocol
signed in 1998. states countries must reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2012
paris agreement
aims to strengthen countries’ ability to deal with the impacts of climate change. sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C
personal information protection and electronic documents act
rules for the collection, use and access of personal information