What does the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation require for controlling environmental tobacco smoke in hospitality establishments as of May 1, 2002?
The Regulation requires employers in public entertainment facilities to control workers’ exposure to environmental tobacco smoke through one of the following options: • Prohibiting smoking at the worksite • Restricting smoking to a designated smoking area such as a safe outdoor location, or a designated smoking room (DSR) that is structurally separate from other areas Under the revised Regulation, workers in the hospitality industry have the right to choose whether to enter a designated smoking room and may not be discriminated against for choosing not to enter a designated smoking room. Where workers do choose to enter the designated smoking room, the Regulation requires there be only intermittent exposure – not to exceed 20% of their work period.
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