Safety Bill of Rights

How to protect yourself and others by exercising your rights.

It is the employers’ responsibility to provide a safe workplace, but we must be vigilant and protect ourselves at work when an employer does not fulfill that obligation. The Safety Bill of Rights provides answers to the following questions:

1. Can I stop working if asked to do something unsafe?
    
2. What should I/we do and say?
    
3. What protects me/us if I/we do this?
    
4. Can I/we be fired for doing this?
    
5. What if I am fired or retaliated against for raising safety issues?
    
6. What else do I/we need to do?
    
7. Other important steps: