Right to refuse unsafe work among proposed changes to Alberta workplace rules
EDMONTON – Workers would have the right to refuse dangerous work under new job site rules proposed by the Alberta government.
Labour Minister Christina Gray is suggesting changes to workplace health and safety provisions and to workers’ compensation in a bill before the house.
Gray says workers need to be safe and have adequate support when they are hurt on the job.
One of the changes proposes that the family of a worker killed on the job receive a lump-sum payment of $90,000.