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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 13 · clause 13 · NLR 5/12

PART III GENERAL DUTIES — Occupational health and safety policy

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(1) An occupational health and safety policy required under section 36.2 of the Act shall be signed and dated by the employer and by the person or persons responsible for the management of the employer’s operations in the province, and shall contain a statement of the employer’s commitment to occupational health and safety that includes:

13(a)

a statement of the employer’s commitment to cooperate with the worker health and safety representative or the workplace health and safety designate and workers in the workplace in carrying out their collective responsibility for occupational health and safety; and

13(b)

a statement of the respective responsibilities of the employer, supervisors, the worker health and safety representative or the workplace health and safety designate and other workers in carrying out their collective responsibility for occupational health and safety.

13(2)

An employer that is required to establish and maintain an occupational health and safety policy under section 36.2 of the Act shall review and, where necessary, update the policy at least annually, in consultation with the worker health and safety representative or the workplace health and safety designate.

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