Publications

Harassment and violence in the workplace : OHS information for employers, supervisors and workers

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Includes information to help employers, supervisors and workers understand everyone’s role in ensuring health and safety at the workplace and how to comply with the law in regards to work place... More ≫

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Includes information to help employers, supervisors and workers understand everyone’s role in ensuring health and safety at the workplace and how to comply with the law in regards to work place harassment and violence.

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Ventilation in the workplace : OHS information for employers and owners

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This bulletin explains how ventilation can help control the risk of harm from airborne contaminants in indoor workplaces.

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Working from home : OHS information for employers and workers

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This bulletin gives examples of occupational health and safety best practices for employers and workers who are working from home.

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Do you know how to refuse dangerous work?

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Poster overview of a worker's right to refuse work that is a serious and immediate threat to health and safety. Introduces workers to key steps in the work refusal process.

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Occupational health and safety and the internal responsibility system : OHS information for all Alberta work site parties

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This bulletin gives basic information about the internal responsibility system that is the basis of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, Regulation and Code. The internal... More ≫

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This bulletin gives basic information about the internal responsibility system that is the basis of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, Regulation and Code. The internal responsibility system describes that everyone in the workplace is responsible, according to their authority and control, to ensure a healthy and safe workplace.

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Worker fatally attacked

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Presents findings of an investigation of a workplace fatality that occurred in the health-care sector in August 2020. A physician sustained fatal injuries after being attacked by a patient in an... More ≫

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Presents findings of an investigation of a workplace fatality that occurred in the health-care sector in August 2020. A physician sustained fatal injuries after being attacked by a patient in an examination room.

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Discriminatory action complaints : OHS information for employers and workers

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This bulletin explains the complaint process for discriminatory (disciplinary) actions that took place prior to December 1, 2021. It references Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act SA 2017 cO-2.1.

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Disciplinary action complaints : OHS information for employers and workers

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Explains the disciplinary action complaint process Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) follows. Includes what complaints OHS can accept, steps in the process and how to file a complaint.

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Right to refuse dangerous work : OHS information for employers and workers

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Explains the processes involved when a worker exercises their right to refuse dangerous work.

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Joint work site health and safety committee/health and safety representative curriculum standard

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This standard contains the minimum course content for approved Health and Safety Committee and Health and Safety Representative training courses. It was developed to govern training agencies and... More ≫

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This standard contains the minimum course content for approved Health and Safety Committee and Health and Safety Representative training courses. It was developed to govern training agencies and facilitators in the development and delivery of approved training courses.

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