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This section of the Ministry of Labour website ensures that students are aware of their
rights and obligations and their employer’s rights and obligations under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Employment Standards Act. It includes:
young worker safety education information; information for working students – know
your rights and obligations; information for new workers and students working in
Ontario; fact sheets for employees; your guide to the Employment Standards Act; and
links to related websites.
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Web Address: http://www.wsib.on.ca
Summary: Contains information for both employers and employees about workplace
safety. Includes advice on prevention, important news releases, policies and other work-
related information.
Video: Launching a Safe Start .. You have rights and responsibilities (2001) cc
Produced by: Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)
Cost: Free
Description: If you work in Ontario “You have rights and responsibilities” legislated
under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Workplace health and safety affects not
only you and those around you, but your family and community as well. Keeping safe
and healthy while at work in the best interests of everyone. One way to ensure that, is
to work with your employer and participate in making your workplace safe.
This video is part of an orientation resource package designed to help make Ontario’s
workplace health and safe.
There are two booklets to accompany the video:
Launching a Safe Start – an Employer’s Guide (5009A)
Launching a Safe Start – A Worker’s Guide (5010A)
Ontario School Boards Insurance Exchange
Web Address: http://www.osbie.on.ca
Summary: The primary goals of the Exchange are to insure member school boards
against losses, and to promote safe school practices. The Ontario school “Risk
Management at a Glance” material is intended to provide guidance and direction in the
major risk management areas facing school administrators, principals, vice-principals,
teachers and all other school staff on a daily basis.
Although this reference material is not intended to replace school board policies and
procedures, it is intended to supplement the risk management considerations, which
should go into making the decisions on the most common day-to-day school activities.
The design of this publication is to promote the display of this document in a calendar-
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