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Duties of employees

As an employee under the Canada Labour Code, you are required to:

• use all safety materials, equipment, devices, and clothing that are provided by the employer and are intended to protect employees;
• follow procedures relating to the health and safety of employees;
• follow all instructions provided by the employer concerning the health and safety of employees;
• co-operate with any person carrying out a duty or function required by the Code;
• report to the employer any thing or circumstance that is likely to be hazardous to employees or any other person in the workplace;
• report to the employer all work-related accidents, occupational diseases, or other hazardous occurrences that have caused injury to you or any other person;
• report to the employer any situation you believe to be a contravention of Part II of the Code by the employer, another employee, or any other person;
• comply with every oral or written direction given by a health and safety officer or an appeals officer; and
• respond in writing to a health and safety officer's direction or report when requested to do so by the health and safety officer.

For more information see Pamphlet 2A – Employer and Employee Duties.

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Date Modified:

2012-02-28