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| 5.2 Identify workplace health and safety rights and responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, and workers. (e.g. due diligence, right to refuse) |
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5.2 Identify workplace health and safety rights and responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, and workers.
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES
The Rights and Responsibilities Program is a self-paced, interactive program that helps new and young workers understand their health and safety rights and responsibilities in the workplace. The interactive program includes an online test. The program guide (located within the program) contains useful information for teachers to prepare students before and after using the online resource.
To view main website: click here
To view the Rights & Responsibilities section: click here
To view the discussion guide: click here 
The Supervisor - This video is a documentary-drama that examines issues related to supervisor responsibility for workplace health and safety. The video graphically depicts the emotional, legal, and financial consequences of a fictionalized workplace accident that leads to the death of a young worker.
To order/download/stream the video: click here
To view the discussion guide: click here
3 Steps to Effective Worker Education and Training - This guide is intended to help employers and supervisors keep new and young workers safe on the job and prevent painful and costly work related injuries. This guide consists of three basic steps to: 1. Provide new and young workers with safety orientation and basic training before they start working. 2. Train new and young workers for tasks specific to their jobs. 3. Provide supervision and ongoing training for workers to ensure that they continue to work safely.
To view the guide: click here
Know Your Rights and Speak Up sections - These web pages emphasize that young workers have the same rights as everyone else who works. There is also discussion regarding starting a new job and the importance of asking a supervisor and co-workers about safety procedures and bringing up any safety concerns right away.
To view the website: click here
To view the Know Your Rights sections: click here
To view the Speak Up section: click here
Getting a Job? Ask questions about Safety
Created with the help from members of the Young Worker Advisory Group, this simple document provides young and new workers with useful tips on how to address concerns about safety in the workplace.
To view the document: click here
Effective Health and Safety Programs: The key to a Safe workplace and Due Diligence - Using a question-and-answer format, this pamphlet: defines due diligence, describes how WorkSafeBC applies due diligence, explains how WorkSafeBC assesses compliance with requirements, identifies the elements of an OHS program, and explains how OHS programs help establish due diligence.
To view the pamphlet: click here
Due Diligence Video outlines the safety responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers. Using clips from WCB videos and commercials, Due Diligence vividly portrays the human cost of workplace accidents
To order the video:
click here
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