General Duties Of Employees At Work

General Duties Of Employees At Work

Back to Case Studies In terms of Schedule 14 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, every employee has certain duties to his employer and the work environment. Every employee shall: a. Take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons...
Listed Work

Listed Work

Back to Case Studies 16. GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS REGARDING LISTED WORK In terms of Schedule 12 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, every employer whose employees undertake listed work or are liable to be exposed to the hazards emanating from listed work...
General Duties Of Employers

General Duties Of Employers

Back to Case Studies The first section states “every employer shall provide and maintain a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of his employees”. Are there no fumes in the factory, is our ventilation adequate, are the noise levels kept at a...
Registers

Registers

Back to Case Studies In terms of various Regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, registers have to be kept and completed on a regular basis. The frequency varies for different type of equipment. The purpose of these registers is to ensure that a...
Accident Investigation

Accident Investigation

Back to Case Studies In terms of Section 24 of the Occupational Heath and Safety Act, the employer shall report to the Provincial Director of Labour any accident where a person dies, becomes unconscious, suffers a loss of limb or part of it, becomes ill or likely to...