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Lethbridge, Alberta based Onsite Safety Management helps your company manage your safety solutions and Government of Alberta safety requirements. Become COR and SECOR certified, Alberta's safety certification. Let us help keep your company safe by handling your Onsite Safety Management.

RESOURCE LIST FOR BILL 30 CHANGES TO OHS AND WCB

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RESOURCE LIST FOR BILL 30 CHANGES TO OHS AND WCB

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SO, ALBERTA HAS MADE CHANGES TO ITS OHS SYSTEM AND WCB.

On June 1, 2018 Alberta introduced it’s planned changes to it’s Occupational Health and Safety standards and Workers Compensation and Benefits policies

We’ve written a series of posts about these changes which I’ll post the links to below.

This post is meant to provide you with a compilation of alternate resources that have extensive information about this bill and how it could affect you.

GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA

For a brief overview of the changes:
https://www.alberta.ca/ohs-changes.aspx

For more detailed look through the Government’s change highlights document:
https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/ohs-changes-highlights.pdf

Alberta’s latest E-News Health and Safety issue for May will provide you with a brief summary and some more in depth links.
http://www.alignab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/05-2018-eNews1.pdf

The Alberta Government is hosting a webinar on June 18 which has completely filled up BUT you can still watch a recording of the webinar here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZZplIqy2Vg&feature=youtu.be

 

OTHER RESOURCES

If you’re looking for a lawyer's perspective check out MathewDinsdale’s extensive writing about the changes
http://www.mathewsdinsdale.com/bill-30_ab-introduces-new-wcb-and-occupational-health-safety_laws/

Theres a soundcloud track that features key speakers from workers resource centers speaking to the bill  from a while back. That’s right. Your Alberta has a soundcloud account.
https://soundcloud.com/your-alberta/government-to-modernize-ohs-and-wcb-nov-27-2017

ENFORM has a list of safety bulletins similar to our own outlining the changes you need to be aware of.
http://www.enform.ca/resources/bill30.cfm

And if you’re keen to read the full act yourself there are 150 pages of goodness waiting for you here:

http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_29/session_3/20170302_bill-030.pdf

 

A QUICK NOTE ON COMPLIANCE

Be sure your company is compliant with these changes. It's not worth being unprepared when the auditor comes knocking.

We can help you make sure you’re meeting new standards.

 

OUR POSTS ABOUT BILL 30:
Part 1 - Workers Rights
Part 2 - Responsibility
Part 3 - Committees and Representatives
Part 4 - Changes to OHSC
Part 5 - Reporting Incidents
Part 6 - Medical Assessments
Part 7 - Compliance and Enforcement
Part 8 - Appeals
Part 9 - Offenses and Penalties
Part 10 - Sharing of Information