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257.   General duties of employers

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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257.   General duties of employers

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    (1)   An employer shall ensure that—

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      (a)     a safe, sound, healthy and secure working environment is provided and maintained as far as is reasonably practicable;

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      (b)     the equipment, materials and protective devices and clothing as prescribed are provided;

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      (c)     the equipment, material and protective devices and clothing provided by the employer are suitable and adequate and maintained in good condition;

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      (d)     the measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace;

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      (e)     the equipment, materials and protective devices and clothing provided by the employer are used as prescribed;

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      (f)     a floor, roof, wall, pillar, support or outer part of a workplace is capable of supporting all loads to which it may be subjected without causing the materials therein to be stressed beyond the allowable unit stresses established under any Act, regulations made under this Part, or work practice;

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      (g)     without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment governing environmental protection and pollution control in Saint Lucia, work in a workplace is carried out without causing a discharge of noxious, hazardous or polluting matter into air, water or soil so far as is reasonably practicable or except under and in accordance with any licence for the purpose granted under the authority of any other enactment governing such matters.

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    (2)   In addition to the duties imposed by subsection (1), an employer shall—

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      (a)     provide information, instruction and supervision to employees to protect the safety and health of those employees;

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      (b)     in a medical emergency, for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment upon request, provide information in the possession of the employer, including confidential business information to a registered medical practitioner and to such other persons as may be prescribed;

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      (c)     afford assistance and co-operation to a committee, if any, and to a safety and health representative, in the carrying out by the committee and the safety and health representative of any of their functions;

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      (d)     post, in the workplace or make available to the employee, a copy of this Part and any explanatory material prepared by the Department of Labour outlining the rights, responsibilities and duties of employees;

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      (e)     prepare and review at least annually, a written occupational safety and health policy in consultation with the committee or safety and health representative, if any, or an employee selected by the employees to represent them, and develop and maintain a programme to implement that policy;

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      (f)     post or make available to the employee at a conspicuous location in the workplace a copy of the occupational safety and health policy;

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      (g)     provide to the committee or to a safety and health representative or an employee selected by the employees to represent them, information concerning a copy of any report on occupational safety and health in the employer's possession;

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      (h)     take reasonable precaution for the protection of the general public who comes into contact with the workplace or emissions from the workplace.

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