Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta: What Employers Need to Know
- OHSA
Michelle Ann Zoleta, Health & Safety Team Manager
(Last updated )
Michelle Ann Zoleta, Health & Safety Team Manager
(Last updated )
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- OHS Alberta ensures health and safety through three key pieces of OHS legislation:
- Basic rights of workers in Alberta
- Alberta OHS Code
- Updates to the Alberta OHS Code
- Alberta OHS Act
- Who does the Alberta OHS Act apply to?
- Alberta OHS Regulation
- Employer duties under OHS Alberta legislation
- Joint health and safety committees (HSC) and representatives
- HSC guidelines and duties
- Employer responsibilities regarding HSCs
- Who is a competent person according to OHS Alberta?
- Workplace violence and harassment
- Workplace violence plan
- Workplace harassment plan
- Reviewing violence and harassment plans
- Violence and harassment training
- Inspections
- How do OHS officers enforce the Alberta OHS legislation?
- After the inspection and contact reports
- Incident investigation procedure
- Types of OHS Alberta orders
- What is a compliance order?
- What is a stop-use order?
- What is a stop-work order?
- What is a director’s order?
- What is an administrative penalty?
- Administrative penalty amounts
- Who can receive an administrative penalty?
- Alberta OHS violation tickets
- Maximum OHS Alberta fines/penalties
- Work refusals
- Employee duties when refusing to work
- Employer duties when faced with a work refusal
- Protecting workers from harmful substances
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System ( WHMIS)
- How do I contact OHS Alberta?
- Have questions regarding Alberta OHS legislation?