History — 135

Establishment mandatory 135 (1) For the purposes of addressing health and safety matters that apply to individual work places, and subject to this section, every employer shall, for each work place controlled by the employer at which twenty or more employees are normally employed, establish a work place health and safety committee and, subject to section 135.1, select and appoint its members. Exception (2) An employer is not required to establish a committee under subsection (1) for a work place that is on board a ship in respect of employees whose base is the ship. (3) [Repealed, 2018, c. 22, s. 7] (4) [Repealed, 2018, c. 22, s. 7] (5) [Repealed, 2018, c. 22, s. 7] Exemption if agreement (6) If, under a collective agreement or any other agreement between an employer and the employer’s employees, a committee of persons has been appointed and the committee has, in the opinion of the Head, a responsibility for matters relating to health and safety in the work place to such an extent that a work place committee established under subsection (1) for that work place would not be necessary, (a) at an employer’s request, the Head may, in writing, exempt the employer from the requirements o…