Specific duties of employers

shall, where it is reasonably practicable, provide and maintain a workplace and the necessary equipment, systems and tools that are safe and without risk to the health of the employer’s workers;

shall, where it is reasonably practicable, provide the information, instruction, training and supervision and facilities that are necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the employer’s workers;

shall ensure that the employer's workers and supervisors are made familiar with health or safety hazards that may be met by them in the workplace;

shall, where it is reasonably practicable, ensure that the employer's undertaking is conducted in a manner that does not expose other persons to health or safety hazards;

shall ensure that the employer’s workers are given operating instruction in the use of devices and equipment provided for their protection;

shall consult and co-operate with the occupational health and safety committee, the worker health and safety representative or the workplace health and safety designate, where the employer is not the workplace health and safety designate, on all matters respecting occupational health and safety at the workplace;

shall respond in writing within 30 days to a recommendation of

the occupational health and safety committee at the workplace, (ii) the worker health and safety representative at the workplace, or (iii) where the employer is not the workplace health and safety designate, the workplace health and safety designate at the workplace indicating that the recommendation has been accepted or that it has been rejected, with a reason for the rejection; the occupational health and safety committee at the workplace, (ii) the worker health and safety representative at the workplace, or (iii) where the employer is not the workplace health and safety designate, the workplace health and safety designate at the workplace on the implementation of a recommendation accepted by the employer until the implementation is complete; the occupational health and safety committee at the workplace, (ii) the worker health and safety representative at the workplace, or (iii) where the employer is not the workplace health and safety designate, the workplace health and safety designate at the workplace about the scheduling of workplace inspections that are required by the regulations, and ensure that the committee, the worker health and safety representative or the workplace health and safety designate participates in the inspection; and

shall provide periodic written updates to

shall consult with

shall co-operate with a person exercising a duty imposed by this Act or regulations.