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RSS FeedsWorkers to get right to refuse unsafe tasks as Alberta overhauls labour rules
(The Star Food)

 
 

29 november 2017 08:38:25

 
Workers to get right to refuse unsafe tasks as Alberta overhauls labour rules
(The Star Food)
 


EDMONTON—Workers would have the right to refuse dangerous work under new job site rules proposed by the Alberta government.Labour Minister Christina Gray introduced changes to workplace health and safety provisions and to workers’ compensation in a bill tabled Monday.“Every year, hard-working Albertans are killed or injured on the job,” Gray told the house. “These incidents don’t just affect the workers involved, they affect families, communities, friends, co-workers and employers.“They can be prevented with proper precautions, public awareness, training and effective enforcement of legislation.”The bill proposes employees get more say on the health and safety of their workplace and more rights into how their claims are handled should they be injured.It follows a lengthy review of workplace rules. Workers’ compensation had not been reviewed for 15 years, while occupational health and safety provisions had not been looked at since they were enacted in 1976.Under the changes, a worker who refused dangerous work would continue to be paid while that refusal was investigated.If Bill 30 is passed, the Alberta government said British Columbia will be the last jurisdiction where employees don’t have the right to refuse dangerous work.However, WorkSafeBC, the agency responsible for workplace safety in that province, disputed that interpretation.In a statement, it said not only do B.C. employees have the right under legislation to refuse unsafe work, they are protected from any disciplinary action related to that refusal and that the employer must investigate the problem and ensure any unsafe conditions are fixed.Another amendment to Bill 30 would affect employers who are already barred from taking discriminatory action against workers who exercise their rights. The law would take that one step further and ban them from threatening punitive action.Another change proposes the family of a worker killed on the job r ...


 
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