What key legislative elements that are intended to ensure health and safety guide federal, provincial, and territorial occupational health and safety acts? (Select all that apply.)

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Legislation that supports occupational health includes part two of the Canada Labour Code (federally) and provincial and territorial occupational health and safety legislation. Although the specifics may differ across jurisdictions, there are three aspects that are universal across the country: (1) the requirement for due diligence (the employer must demonstrate that reasonable steps were taken to become familiar with inherent dangers in the workplace and that action was taken to ensure workplace safety); (2) a federally legislated workplace hazardous materials information system to guide national and provincial/territorial systems, which is intended to ensure that workers are protected from hazards in the workplace; and (3) provincial occupational health and safety acts that mandate the existence of joint health and safety committees or health and safety representatives (whose purpose is to identify workplace health and safety hazards and to communicate their concerns to management in writing).

What Key Legislative Elements That Are Intended to Ensure Health