Human Rights Policies for Employers in Western Canada

Through well-defined policies, both management and staff alike will understand how human rights issues affect their workplace. As every company will eventually experience a human rights problem, we will be at your side to quickly and thoroughly develop a strategy to solve the problem, through tactful negotiation or representation before a tribunal or a court.

• Employer registration
• Classification for assessment purposes, and experience rating
• Strategies to reduce insurance assessments
• Notification obligations regarding workplace injuries and occupational disease claims
• Workers’ compensation claims adjudication and appeals
• Workers’ compensation wage loss and permanent disability pension benefits
• Applications for workers’ compensation claims cost relief
• Financial penalties
• Duties of employers, workers, supervisors, owners, officers, and directors as well as prime contractors at multiple employer workplaces
• The requirement for joint occupational health and safety committee
• General, specific, and industry-based regulatory requirements
• Workplace policies on workplace health and safety
• Accident investigation and reporting
• Appealing inspection orders issued by health and safety officers
• Worker refusals to perform unsafe work
• Discriminatory action/retaliation complaints by workers