Overview of Provisions of the AROHS (Quebec) : Towards a Generalized Application?

• Published in: Relations industrielles (Québec, Québec) Québec), 2013-10, Vol.68 (4), p.682-708
• Main Authors: Baril-Gingras, Genevieve, Vezina, Michel, Lippel, Katherine
• Format: Article
• Language: fre
• Subjects: Canada; Committees; Economic Sectors; Employment; Health; Intervention; Jurisdiction; Legislation; Occupational health; Occupational safety; Occupational Safety and Health; Prevention; Quebec; Regulation; Work; Workers; Working conditions; Workplaces
• ISSN: 0034-379X
• DOI: 10.7202/1023011ar

More than thirty years after the adoption of the Quebec Act respecting occupational health and safety (AROHS), the regulations respecting the prevention programme (PP), the health programme specific to the establishment, joint OHS committees (JOHSC) and workers' safety representatives (WSR) have not yet been implemented in all occupational sectors, as was the original intention. The AROHS contains provisions respecting JOHSC's and WSR's on construction sites that are still not in force. In the vast majority of Canadian jurisdictions, measures such as the PP, the JOHSC and the WSR (in small workplaces) are mandatory in all economic sectors. The fact that these provisions at the heart of the AROHS do not cover all economic activity sectors cannot be justified based on scientific knowledge and on their application in other jurisdictions. Their adoption could, in the future, serve as the foundation for other measures that are required to respond to the changes in employment relations and the nature of work. Adapted from the source document.