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OWA Now Provides Free Assistance with Occupational Health
and Safety Reprisals
Starting April 1, 2012, the Office of
the Worker Adviser (OWA) provides advice and representation
to non-unionized workers who have been threatened or punished
by their employers for following workplace health and safety
laws or trying to enforce them.
The OWA continues to provide advice and
assistance in workplace insurance matters. All OWA services
are free and confidential.
If your employer threatens or imposes
a penalty on you because you followed the Occupational
Health and Safety Act (OHSA) or tried to have it enforced,
it is called a reprisal and it is against the law. The OHSA
is the Ontario law that protects workers from health and safety
hazards at work.
If you think you have been the victim
of an occupational health and safety reprisal and you are
not a member of a union, the OWA can help you by:
- Giving you advice about your rights
and how to enforce them
- Representing you in filing an application
to the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB)
- Representing you at a mediation, consultation
or hearing at the OLRB
- Telling you about other places where
you can get help
More information about occupational health
and safety reprisals and how the OWA can help can be found
in these fact sheets:
To speak to someone who can give you advice or information
over the phone, please call 1-855-659-7744 (toll free) or
416-212-5335.
April 1, 2012
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