Farm and Ranch Workplace Standards Review
Official title: Farm and ranch consultations
Why This Matters
Work on a farm or ranch in Alberta? These rules affect your workplace safety and employment rights. Farm workers gained new protections, while employers got rules tailored to seasonal work and family operations.
What Could Change
The Fair and Family-Friendly Workplaces Act passed in June 2017. OHS Code provisions were updated to reflect farm and ranch realities. New employment standards and labour relations rules took effect January 1, 2018.
Key Issues
- How should occupational health and safety rules apply to farms and ranches?
- What employment standards should apply to agricultural workers?
- How should labour relations requirements work for the agricultural sector?
How to Participate
- This consultation is now closed. Six technical working groups developed recommendations on workplace standards for farms and ranches.
- Review the OHS Code changes for farms and ranches and the employment standards recommendations.
What Happened
Six technical working groups submitted recommendations on occupational health and safety, employment standards, and labour relations. The Fair and Family-Friendly Workplaces Act was passed in June 2017. OHS Code provisions were changed to reflect farm and ranch realities. New employment standards and labour relations rules took effect January 1, 2018.