Is an employee's right to refuse work an emergency measure?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Gaelen Joe et. al. v. Correctional Service of Canada, 2012 OHSTC 25 (CanLII):
Citing Fletcher v. Canada (Attorney General)[8] at paragraph 18, the respondent argued that the right to refuse work is an emergency measure to be used in situations only where employees perceive that they are faced with immediate danger and where injury is likely to occur right then and there.
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