Top 8 Payroll Changes for 2026

What HR and payroll managers need to know when completing their T4s and year-end tax filings.

Alberta Wildfires And Workplace Health And Safety: What Employers Need To Know

As wildfires across Alberta continue, Environment Canada has issued special

By |2023-06-01T20:39:00-07:00June 1, 2023|Alberta, Articles, Contributor, Emergency Preparedness, Employee Wellness, English, Environmental, Fire & Explosives Safety, Forestry, General Industry, General Safety, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Safety Management, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Alberta Wildfires And Workplace Health And Safety: What Employers Need To Know

Arbitrator Reinstates Worker Fired for Shop Room Floor Fight with Co-Worker

All agreed that a steel worker deserved to be disciplined

By |2021-11-12T18:06:00-08:00November 12, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Violence|Comments Off on Arbitrator Reinstates Worker Fired for Shop Room Floor Fight with Co-Worker

Court Upholds OHS Officer’s Rejection of Worker’s Confined Space Work Refusal

A millwright claimed she was the victim of reprisals because

By |2024-01-16T06:43:33-08:00November 12, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Court Upholds OHS Officer’s Rejection of Worker’s Confined Space Work Refusal

Not Discrimination to Make Worker Shave Beard before Using Respirator

A scaffolding worker claimed he was the victim of discrimination

By |2021-11-12T17:42:00-08:00November 12, 2021|Airborne Hazards, Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, PPE, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Not Discrimination to Make Worker Shave Beard before Using Respirator

Design Center Fined $120,000 for Exposing Workers to Carbon Monoxide

Two workers using gas-powered concrete saws to cut flooring in

By |2021-11-12T17:38:00-08:00November 12, 2021|Airborne Hazards, Alberta, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Confined Spaces, Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Design Center Fined $120,000 for Exposing Workers to Carbon Monoxide

Auto Parts Depot Fined $185,000 for Worker’s Fatality

An auto repair worker got killed when the vehicle he

By |2021-10-10T17:30:00-07:00October 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Auto Parts Depot Fined $185,000 for Worker’s Fatality

One Harassment Incident Justifies Termination When It’s a Sexual Assault

An employee decided to ask a newly divorced co-worker on

By |2021-09-10T17:36:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Violence|Comments Off on One Harassment Incident Justifies Termination When It’s a Sexual Assault

Workers Comp Nixes Employer’s Claim for Cost Relief for Firefighter’s PTSD

The Alberta WCB awarded a firefighter benefits for post-traumatic stress

By |2021-09-10T17:33:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workers' Compensation|Comments Off on Workers Comp Nixes Employer’s Claim for Cost Relief for Firefighter’s PTSD

Construction Worker Has Valid Claim for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Exactly what traumatic event the worker witnessed at a windmill

By |2021-09-10T16:28:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Construction Worker Has Valid Claim for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Company Official Fined for Refusing OHS Investigator Interview without a Lawyer

An OHS officer investigating a workplace fatality asked to interview

By |2021-09-10T16:22:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Company Official Fined for Refusing OHS Investigator Interview without a Lawyer

Worker Claims Co-Workers’ NFL Fantasy Draft Snub Is Bullying

This oddball case began with the extreme distress an accountant

By |2024-01-16T07:28:33-08:00August 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Violence|Comments Off on Worker Claims Co-Workers’ NFL Fantasy Draft Snub Is Bullying

Union Loses Termination Case because It Waited Too Long to Name Arbitrator

After an employee was fired for allegedly assaulting a co-worker,

By |2021-07-08T17:24:00-07:00July 8, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Union Loses Termination Case because It Waited Too Long to Name Arbitrator

Laid Off Ironworker Loses His OHS Reprisal Case

Frustrated by repeated denials of time off to care for

By |2021-07-08T17:22:00-07:00July 8, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Laid Off Ironworker Loses His OHS Reprisal Case
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