OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY & WORKERS COMPENSATION GROUP COURSE
This course, designed by Norm Keith, B.A., J.D., LL.M., CRSP, a leading employment and labour lawyer and author of Canadian Health & Safety Law, will assist managers and supervisors to achieve due diligence. The course focuses on:
- OHS legislation
- Legal duties and responsibilities of workplace parties
- Workers' OHS rights to know, participate and refuse
- Authority and powers of the OHS Regulator
- Legal liability, penalties and fines
- Integrating OHS systems with managerial/supervisory functions
- The Internal Responsibility System explained
- Hazard identification, assessment and control methods
- Review of leading court and tribunal decisions
- Implications of Bill C-45
- Due Diligence Checklist developed by Norm Keith
This course meets the requirements of Ontario's Regulation O. Reg 297/13 "Basic OHS Awareness Training for Supervisors", which came into effect on July 1, 2014.
Length
Agenda
- 08:30 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
- 09:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m. Program
- 12:00 p.m. - 01:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
Note: The hours from this non-accredited conference may be applied towards the 9 Substantive Hours of annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) required by the Law Society of Upper Canada for ongoing members. Please note that this conference is not accredited for Professionalism Hours and cannot be counted for new members or for Professionalism Hours for ongoing members.
Audience
Managers, supervisors, OHS professionals, in-house legal counsel, human resource and operation managers.
Type
This is an in-person course.
Cost
The cost of this seminar is $295.00 plus HST, per registrant.
An invoice will be sent out to you after you have completed your registration.
For event information
Cassandra Patrick
Event Coordinator
1 416 943 8976