Health and Safety

It's Time to Enact Health and Safety Legislation for Parliament Hill Workers

Parliamentary Employment Staff Relations Act Part III

Do the Right Thing and Proclaim Part III Of PESRA

If the Charter of Rights guarantees equality for all, then the legislated right to a healthy and safe workplace must be a right for all workers on Parliament Hill.

The international community has insisted that the basic labour and safety laws enshrined by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Convention C155 (1981) and Recommendation R164 (1981) Occupational Health and Safety, be applied to all.

We must urge our Members of Parliament to pressure the government to act in proclaiming the remaining parts of a piece of legislation that is more than 12 years overdue. The Harper Government can put a stop to this injustice, literally with the stroke of a pen--and so it should, by proclaiming Part III of PESRA into force. Only then will the Parliament workers have equal protection under the Charter of Rights.