May 2, 2006: 12:30 p.m. EDT

Playback: Monday, May 8, 3:30 - 5pm

• How is the law changing respecting the right of employees to refuse to perform work where danger exists?
• Can employees refuse to work if danger is inherent in the job?
• What procedures apply when an employee invokes the right to refuse unsafe work? Is a failure to explicitly mention safety concerns, or a failure to follow statutory procedures, fatal to a complaint? When should a safety concern be taken to a health and safety committee, and when should it be brought to a health and safety officer’s attention?
• What tests apply in determining whether an employment assignment or working conditions endanger health or safety?
• What steps are employers required to take in order to ensure health and safety at the workplace?
• What factors do arbitrators take into account in assessing discipline against an employee who breaches safety rules?
• What circumstances prompt a decision to prosecute an employer for breach of safety legislation? What defences are available? What factors are taken into account by courts in imposing sentence?
• How can parties avoid criminal liability under Bill C-45? Under provincial health and safety legislation?

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