Insight Safety Services

Training

Due Diligence Training

This workshop is designed to increase awareness of the legal, moral and business obligations that involve all levels i.e. managers, supervisors, directors, owners and employees. Having an understanding of these duties is the first step to compliance.

Due diligence is defined as “the level of judgement, care, prudence, determination, and activity that a person would reasonably be expected to do under particular circumstances”. According to the Ontario Occupational Health & Safety Act employers must implement a plan to identify potential workplace hazards and take appropriate action to prevent accidents or injuries arising from these hazards.

Content

• The Act, its provisions and definitions
• The Internal Responsibility System
• The general Duties of the Workplace Parties
• Employers, Supervisors, Workers, Contractors, Directors & Officers
• Competency of Supervisors
• Your Health and Safety Policy & Program
• The implications of Bill C-45 “The Criminal Liability of Organizations”
• The role of the Joint Health & Safety Committee
• The 3 Rights of Workers
• The Ontario Regulations in particular “Critical Injuries”
• Enforcement, Offences and Penalties
• The concept of a “Due Diligence” defence
• A review of some WSIB statistics