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Labour boss slams safety postings: Online project touted to make employers more compliant with orders
Aug 1, 2010

EDMONTON – A union boss says the province’s plan to publicly post safety records for all Alberta companies starting this September may fall well short of telling people whether or […]

Watered-down website for workplace safety represents lost opportunity to save lives
Jul 30, 2010

AFL asks: “Who got to the minister and convinced him to back down?” Once again, Alberta workers have been disappointed by an Alberta government that says it cares about them, […]

Alberta using ‘immoral’ incentives to deny WCB benefits, charges labour group: AFL critical of bonuses paid to staff who trim caseloads, says premium rates for dangerous industries a…
Jul 29, 2010

Alberta’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is the only board in Canada that pays bonuses to staff as an incentive to trim their caseloads, according to the Alberta Federation of Labour […]

WCB uses ‘immoral’ incentives: labour group: AFL says bonus system only in Alberta
Jul 25, 2010

Alberta is the only province where Workers’ Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work — and must discontinue these “immoral” incentives, […]

WCB bonuses for getting injured workers back on the job criticize
Jul 25, 2010

CALGARY – Alberta is the only province where Workers Compensation Board staff get bonuses for swiftly getting injured workers off benefits and back to work – and must discontinue these […]

Alberta is the only Canadian province that uses “immoral” incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers
Jul 24, 2010

Alberta WCB puts higher priority on keeping employer premiums low instead of providing service to injured workers, says AFL New research from the Alberta Federation of Labour shows that Alberta’s […]