Work Safety

I chose to research labour arbitration cases on work safety. Work safety is a complex topic full of a wide range of issues. Arbitrators do not take safety infractions lightly deem them as very serious. Their decision is based on a comprehensive investigation that explores both parties involvement with this issue.

Key Issue #1: Are the concerns of safety being communicated by both employee and employer?

One key issue that I found rather interesting was the issue of employees properly communicating their belief that the working environment was unsafe and hazardous to their health and safety. This issue was interesting to me because it seems as though there seemed to be a problem of employees not informing their employers of safety concerns. The cases that deal with this particular issue stress the importance of notifying the employer as soon as possible when a concern for safety exists. When they have communicated their belief, the employer will take corrective measures to fix the concern if they can at all.

One example can be seen in the case Mercury Builders Supplies & Teamsters Union, Local 879, 18L.A.C(4th) 168. Here, an employee filed a grieva

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