Setting the Tone for Speaking Up

When exercising our right of speaking up as a worker it is important to use maturity and professionalism, and as a worker you can show your maturity and professionalism, and ‘set the tone’ early for your workplace safety expectations by:

• understanding your three key safety rights and the responsibilities that go with them,
• talking to your supervisor and asking questions about workplace safety,
• taking your work seriously and treating people with respect and courtesy,
• following the safety rules at work and asking if you don’t understand something,
• not ‘following the crowd’ when it means breaking workplace rules,
• getting involved in safety and health committees at work,
• admitting when you don’t know how or haven’t been trained to do something.