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3 100-CCP-04-IGDO © 2017, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) 1 877 494 WSPS (9777) | 905 614 1400 | www.wsps.ca HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES What are the employer's responsibilities? Co-operate with the representative Employers must co-operate with representatives and give them the assistance and information they need to carry out their legal duties. The employer must not knowingly hinder or interfere with the representative or provide the health and safety representative with false information. Provide information In addition to providing any information that the representative has the power to obtain, the employer must: provide the results of reports and copies of written reports about health and safety, provide copies of all orders or reports issued to him or her by the Ministry of Labour and report any work-related deaths, injuries or illnesses to the representative. Respond to recommendations The employer must respond in writing to any written recommendations from the representative within 21 days. The response must include an implementation timetable or reasons for disagreement, if any [section 8(12)]. Pay the representative The employer must also pay the representative the regular or premium rate (whichever applies) for the time spent inspecting the workplace, investigating accidents, and attending work refusals. © Workplace Safety & Prevention Services 2017. Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) grants permission to approved end users to reproduce this document in whole or in part, provided its intended use is for non-commercial, educational purposes and that full acknowledgement is given to the WSPS. Approved end users are firms registered with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. WSPS reserves the right to extend this permission to other stakeholders and interested parties by express written permission upon application. WSPS extends no warranty to materials amended or altered by the end user. Under no circumstances is this document, or any portion thereof, to be duplicated for purposes of sale or for external reproduction or distribution. (Sample WSPS acknowledgement, "Reproduced or adapted from name of solution with permission of Workplace Safety & Prevention Services, Mississauga, Ontario.") The information contained in this reference material is distributed as a guide only. It is generally current to the best of our knowledge as at the revision date, having been compiled from sources believed to be reliable and to represent the best current opinion on the subject. No warranty, guarantee, or representation is made by WSPS as to the absolute correctness or sufficiency of any representation contained in this reference material. WSPS assumes no responsibility in connection therewith; nor can it be assumed that all acceptable safety measures are contained in this reference material, or that other or additional measures may not be required in particular or exceptional conditions or circumstances. August 2017 WSPS.CA

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