An Act respecting occupational health and safety: Assented to 21 Dec. 1979 Repealed! Jurisdiction Canada - Quebec Year 1979 Published in French Original/other title [French] Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail, sanctionnée le 21 décembre 1979. Serial title Gazette officielle du Québec Source 30 Jan. 1980, Part 2, No.5, p.361-397. English and Spanish translations in Legislative Series (1979-Can.1), International Labour Office, 1211 Genčve 22, Switzerland. Descriptors [Primary] Canada, Quebec, legislation, occupational safety and health [Secondary] construction sites, industrial physicians, law, plant health services, plant safety and health supervision, plant safety organization, plant safety services, public OSH institutions, replaced, responsibilities of employees, responsibilities of employers, role of employers' organizations, role of labour inspection, role of workers' organizations, safety and health committees, safety officers Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract Definitions; scope; workers' rights (including: right to refuse to perform particular work if he has reasonable grounds to believe that it would expose him to danger to his health, safety or physical well-being; protective reassignment to other employment on presentation of medical certificate; reassignment of pregnant workers); workers' obligations; employers' obligations (in particular, OSH organisation, fire prevention, accident reporting, prevention programmes); duties of manufacturers and suppliers of hazardous processes, products, equipment, materials and contaminants; health and safety committees; safety representatives; role of employers' and workers' associations; occupational health programmes; role of plant physician; creation of a new authority, the Occupational Safety and Health Commission (Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail) - composition, functions; role of labour inspectorate; special provisions for construction sites; power of the Commission to issue regulations under the Act. CIS No. 81-895 Database ID 35580