The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) has been put in place to regulate the health and safety of individuals and their activities within the work environment.
It governs both individuals, their actions and the work place environment as a whole. The Act requires employers to take responsibility for all processes, training, communication and monitoring of health and safety within the workplace; adequate preventative measures and the supervision of such being a requirement of the Act. Beyond employer responsibilities, every employee should ensure their own actions are lawful, reporting on any issue in a preventative manner and in an attempt to ensure the safety of others within the workplace - such reporting should be welcomed by any organisation and those reporting incidents should be supported and not victimised. Hospitality establishments, through workers cooperation and commitment, can actively make workplaces healthy and safe places to work in.