Stop work orders
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(1) Where the assistant deputy minister or an officer is of the opinion that work is being carried out in a way that the conditions at the workplace pose an immediate risk to the health and safety of workers engaged in the workplace or other persons at or near the workplace, the assistant deputy minister or officer shall, in writing, order the person at the workplace responsible for the work being carried out
27(a)
to immediately stop all or a portion of the work and to vacate all or a portion of the workplace; and
27(b)
before resuming the work, to take the remedial measures specified in the order that are in the opinion of the assistant deputy minister or officer necessary to ensure that the work can be conducted without further risk to the health and safety of the workers or other persons at or near the workplace.
27(2)
Remedial measures ordered under paragraph (1)(b) may be taken notwithstanding the stop order.
27(3)
Where an order to stop work made under paragraph (1)(a) is in force the employer, subject to the provisions of a collective agreement, may assign a worker directly affected by the order work that is reasonably equivalent to the work that the worker normally performs, but the employer shall continue to pay the worker the wages or salary and grant the worker the benefits that the worker would have received if the order to stop work were not in force.
Not legal advice. Verify the cited article against the signed agreement.