Safety and Health Committees and Representatives Regulations (SOR/86-305)

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Safety and Health Committees and Representatives Regulations

SOR/86-305

CANADA LABOUR CODE

Registration 1986-03-13

Regulations Respecting Safety and Health Committees and Safety and Health Representatives

P.C. 1986-617 1986-03-13

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour, pursuant to subsections 92(11)Footnote * and 93(7)Footnote * of the Canada Labour Code, is pleased hereby to revoke the Safety and Health Committee Regulations, made by Order in Council P.C. 1978-2119 of June 29, 1978Footnote **, and to make the annexed Regulations respecting safety and health committees and safety and health representatives, in substitution therefor, effective March 31, 1986.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Safety and Health Committees and Representatives Regulations.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 2(F).

PART I

SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES

Interpretation

[SOR/95-438, s. 2(F)]

2. In this Part,

“Act”

“Act” means Part II of the Canada Labour Code. (Loi)

“regional office”

“regional office”[Repealed, SOR/89-480, s. 3]

  • SOR/89-480, s. 3;
  • SOR/95-438, s. 3(F).

Selection of Members

3. The employer shall select the member or members of a safety and health committee to represent him from among persons who exercise managerial functions.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

4. Where any employees at a work place are not represented by a trade union, those employees shall select, by majority vote, the member or members of the safety and health committee to represent them.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

Chairmen

  • 5. (1) A safety and health committee shall have two chairmen selected from among the members of the committee, one being selected by the representatives of the employees and the other by the representatives of the employer.

  • (2) The chairmen referred to in subsection (1) shall act alternately for such period of time as the safety and health committee specifies in its rules of procedure.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

Reselection of Members

6. A person may be selected as a member of a safety and health committee for more than one term.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

Vacancy of Office

7. Where a member of a safety and health committee resigns or ceases to be a member for any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled within 30 days after the next regular meeting of the committee.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

Quorum

8. The quorum of a safety and health committee shall consist of the majority of the members of the committee, of which at least half are representatives of the employees and at least one is a representative of the employer.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 4(F).

Minutes

  • 9. (1) The minutes of each safety and health committee meeting shall be signed by the two chairmen referred to in subsection 5(1).

  • (2) The chairman selected by the representatives of the employer shall provide, as soon as possible after each safety and health committee meeting, a copy of the minutes referred to in subsection (1) to the employer and to each member of the safety and health committee.

  • (3) The employer shall, as soon as possible after receiving a copy of the minutes referred to in subsection (2), post a copy of the minutes in the conspicuous place or places in which the employer has posted the information referred to in subsection 135(5) of the Act and keep the copy posted there for one month.

  • (4) A copy of the minutes referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept by the employer at the work place to which it applies or at the head office of the employer for a period of two years from the day on which the safety and health committee meeting is held in such a manner that it is readily available for examination by a safety officer.

  • SOR/89-480, s. 5;
  • SOR/95-438, s. 4(F).