HR CH 3 Flashcards
Organizational Culture
Collective understanding of beliefs and values that guide how employees act and behave.
OHS Legislation in Ontario
Occupation health and safety act (OHSA)
Worker’s compensation
workers safety and insurance act (WSIA)
OHSA
provide the legal framework to achieve our goal of protecting workers from health and safety hazards on the job
WSIA
To promote health and safety in workplaces and to prevent and reduce the occurrence of workplace injuries and occupational diseases
Responsibility for Workplace Health and
Safety
Internal Responsibility System
Employers
* Employees
* Managers
* Joint Health and Safety Committees
RIGHTS under OHS
Right to know (WHIMIS)
right to participate (JHSC)
right to refuse (unsafe work)
Right to know- WHIMIS
Identifying Health and Safety
* WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information System)
* Labels
* Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
* Training
Intersection of
OHS and
Human Rights
Sometimes OHS may seem to
contradict Human Rights legislation.
* Two common scenarios:
* Substance abuse
* When religious observance
prevents the wearing of personal
protective equipment
Stress in the Workplace
Various causes
* Can lead to mental health issues, which are
increasing in the workplace
* Various ways to cope
Workplace
Threats to
Psychological
Safety
Two major workplace issues that
threaten psychological safety:
* Bullying
* Harassment
Workplace violence means:
The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the
worker
* An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker
- A statement or behaviour that it is reasonable for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the
worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker.
Bill 168
requires employers to have policies and programs in place to deal with workplace violence, workplace harassment and domestic violence that may occur in the workplace.
Ontario Bill
132
amended Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), establishing specific requirements with respect to sexualized harassment and violence prevention in Ontario’s workplaces.
