Recent amendments to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code simplify the requirements for workplace health and safety policies

Alberta has recently updated its Occupational Health and Safety Code (Code) as part of an ongoing review of the Code. These most recent amendments were set out in Ministerial Order No. 2024-12 filed December 4, 2024, as Alberta Regulation 202/2024 (Alta Reg 202).

Alta Reg 202 amends Part 27 (Violence and Harassment), including the requirements relating to policies and procedures employers must have in place. The amendments remove duplication, simplify the requirements and give employers more flexibility.

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About Cristina Wendel

Cristina advises and represents employers in all aspects of occupational health and safety matters, including day-to-day compliance, incident response, investigations and defending employers charged with occupational health and safety offences. She also represents federally and provincially regulated, unionized and non-unionized employers in a variety of employment and labour law matters such as wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards disputes, human rights issues, labour arbitrations and labour relations board proceedings.

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Tari Hiebert is a partner in the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution group in the Edmonton office. She is a civil litigation lawyer with a diverse practice encompassing occupational health and safety law, health law, regulatory compliance, privacy law and administrative law.