Jenna Vivian speaks with Canadian HRReporter about new workplace safety rules coming into force in Alberta on March 31, 2025.
“They're definitely welcome changes. They are streamlining, I would say, previous requirements, and making things less cumbersome,” Jenna says. “They haven’t really added anything new, with the exception of one extra requirement…really,” she adds. “What they've done is taken certain things out that were very, very prescriptive and specific and they’ve given employers, I think, more flexibility.”
Canadian HRReporter says that while the changes might not be major ones, employers will want to take note of the new rules around workplace safety. In particular, updates to the requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Code relate to policies and procedures that employers must have in place around violence and harassment prevention.
Jenna also comments on what employers need to know about hazard assessment and violence and harassment, why fewer documents will be needed, what no longer needs to be included in a violence and harassment prevention plan, and more.
Bennett Jones