I Value Health
My fellow Canadians that may be still working:
Part II of the Canada Labour Code
Section 128
The definition of danger reads as follows:
"any hazard, condition or activity that could reasonably be expected to be an imminent or serious threat to the life or health of a person exposed to it before the hazard or condition can be corrected or the activity altered."
The right to refuse dangerous work
Any employee subject to Part II of the Code has the right to refuse dangerous work as long as they have reasonable cause to believe that it presents a danger. Specifically the Code states that an employee may refuse in the following circumstances:
to use or operate a machine that constitutes a danger to the employee or to another employee
to work in a place
to perform an activity that constitutes a danger to the employee or to another employee
The Code contains certain exceptions regarding the right to refuse dangerous work. These exceptions include: if the refusal puts the life, health or safety of another person directly in danger; or, the danger in question is a normal condition of employment.
The Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada enforces the Code, the purpose of Part II is to protect your workplace health and safety.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE DANGEROUS WORK UNDER SECTION 128 OF THE CANADA LABOUR CODE. Unless you work in health care but there have been exceptions already. A group of nurses walked off the job because they did not have the PPE they needed. Working without it puts their health and the health of their families at risk.
A coworker informed me of this when I started in corrections. I memorized it. He invoked his right to refuse unsafe or dangerous work as it’s against policy to assign a parolee one suspended (sent back to prison bc they violated a condition of release or to prevent a breach or reoffended - any crime) to the same PO on the next release. This happened to him. I’m prepared to use it as well at my part time casual jobs (security) - I’m not dumb 😜
Part II of the Canada Labour Code
Section 128
The definition of danger reads as follows:
"any hazard, condition or activity that could reasonably be expected to be an imminent or serious threat to the life or health of a person exposed to it before the hazard or condition can be corrected or the activity altered."
The right to refuse dangerous work
Any employee subject to Part II of the Code has the right to refuse dangerous work as long as they have reasonable cause to believe that it presents a danger. Specifically the Code states that an employee may refuse in the following circumstances:
to use or operate a machine that constitutes a danger to the employee or to another employee
to work in a place
to perform an activity that constitutes a danger to the employee or to another employee
The Code contains certain exceptions regarding the right to refuse dangerous work. These exceptions include: if the refusal puts the life, health or safety of another person directly in danger; or, the danger in question is a normal condition of employment.
The Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada enforces the Code, the purpose of Part II is to protect your workplace health and safety.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE DANGEROUS WORK UNDER SECTION 128 OF THE CANADA LABOUR CODE. Unless you work in health care but there have been exceptions already. A group of nurses walked off the job because they did not have the PPE they needed. Working without it puts their health and the health of their families at risk.
A coworker informed me of this when I started in corrections. I memorized it. He invoked his right to refuse unsafe or dangerous work as it’s against policy to assign a parolee one suspended (sent back to prison bc they violated a condition of release or to prevent a breach or reoffended - any crime) to the same PO on the next release. This happened to him. I’m prepared to use it as well at my part time casual jobs (security) - I’m not dumb 😜
