Canadian Federal Handi-Guide 2021

2-5 Business Days

• Part II, Occupational Health and Safety, Canada Labour Code.
• Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
• Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations.
• Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations.
• Policy Committees, Work Place Committees and Health and Safety Representatives Regulations.
• Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
• Coal Mining Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
• Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
• Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations.
• On Board Trains Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
• The interpretive chapters include:
• Regulatory Update – reviews the most important regulatory changes in 2021, with discussion of expected changes that will occur later in 2021 or in 2022.
• Chapter 1 reviews the general duties of employers, supervisors and employees with duties under federal OHS legislation.
• Chapter 2 addresses enforcement mechanisms, powers of health and safety officers, and principles of due diligence as related to OHS compliance.
• Chapter 3 reviews the OHS responsibilities of supervisors.
• Chapter 4 discusses the OHS responsibilities of workers.
• Chapter 5 references the Policy Committees, Work Place Committees and Health and Safety Representatives Regulations and outlines the role of occupational health and safety committees and occupational health and safety representatives. In addition, this chapter discusses the requirement for employers with 300+ employees to have a policy health and safety committee.
• Chapter 6 provides a practical listing of online OHS resources in Canadian jurisdictions.

• Labour Program’s Forward Regulatory Plan, 2021 to 2023.
• Tracking Regulatory Changes in 2020 and 2021.
• A new regime for Administrative Monetary Penalties for OHS Violations (in force, January 1, 2021).
• Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (in force January 1, 2021).
• Confined Spaces – Amendments to Part XI of COHS Regulations.
• Impact of COVID-19 on federally regulated workplaces.
• OHS Enforcement for federally Regulated Workplaces, including discussion of Administrative Monetary Penalties and Workplace Harassment and Violence.
• Modernized Reporting Requirements – Amendments to Six OHS Regulations.
• Offences and Penalties under Part II (OHS) of the Canada Labour Code, with prosecution examples.
• Criminal Code Penalties, with case examples.
• Administrative Amendments to four OHS Regulations (Respiratory Protection Using Authorized COVID-19 Medical Devices).
• Thermal stress, Nanoparticles and Ultraviolet Radiation – Amendments to COHS Regulations.
• Levels of Sound – Amendments to the COHS Regulations.
• Nuclear Exclusion Regulations – Administrative Amendments.
• Proposed Amendments to OHS Regulations – Provision of Menstrual Products in the Workplace.
• Modernized Reporting Requirements – Amendments to Six OHS Regulations.