Right to Refuse Work and Consequences of Refusal. (a) Any Employee may refuse to do any act at the Employee’s place of employment where the Employee has reasonable grounds for believing that the act is likely to endanger the Employee’s health or safety or the health or safety of any other person until:
Right to Refuse Work and Consequences of Refusal. (a) Any Nurse may refuse to do any act at the Nurse’s place of employment where the Nurse has reasonable grounds for believing that the act is likely to endanger the Nurse’s health or safety or the health or safety of any other person until:
Right to Refuse Work and Consequences of Refusal. (a) Any employee may refuse to do any act at the employee’s place of employment where the employee has reasonable grounds for believing that the act is likely to endanger the employee’s health or safety or the health or safety of any other person until the Employer has taken remedial action to the satisfac- tion of the employee; the committee has investigated the matter and xxxxx- xxxxxx advised the employee to return to work; or an officer appointed under the Occupational Health and Safety Act has investigated the matter and has advised the employee to return to work. Where an employee exercises the employee’s right to refuse to work pursuant to Article the employee shall: immediately report it to the supervisor; where the matter is not remedied to the employee’s satisfaction, report it to the committee or the repre- sentative, if any; and where the matter is not remedied to the employee’s satisfaction after the employee has reported pursuant to Article and report it to the Occupational Health and Safety Division of the Department of Labour. At the option of the employee, the employee who refuses to do any act pursuant to Article may accompany an Occupational Health and Safety officer or the commit- tee or representative, if any, on a physical inspection of the workplace, or part thereof, being carried out for the pur- pose of ensuring others understand the reasons for the refusal. Notwithstanding Subsection (8) of the Occupational Health and Act, an employee who accompanies an Occupational Health and Safety officer of the Department of Labour, the committee or a representative, as provided in Article shall be compensated in accordance with Article but the compensation shall not exceed that which would otherwise have been payable for the employee’s regular or scheduled working hours.
