Alberta Government Introduces Changes To Employment Standards And Labour Relations Legislation

This afternoon the Alberta government introduced amendments to the Employment Standards Code and the Labour Relations Code. These amendments are expected to pass in the next week or so before the Legislature recesses for the summer. We don't expect that there will be a lot of changes, if any, during the passage of the amendments in the Legislature.

We were present at the lock-down briefing where a summary of the changes was provided. Once we review the detailed Bill, we might notice refinements, limitations, omissions, misunderstandings of the briefing, etc. and in that event we will provide a supplementary analysis. This should therefore be seen simply as a preliminary heads-up about what is coming.