Background
One of the key changes in Bill 47 is the removal of an employer’s obligation to re-employ injured workers when they are ready to return to work.
The omnibus bill puts employer profits ahead of workers’ health and safety and would return the Workers Compensation Board to a corporate model that denies many injured workers the compensation to which they are entitled.
Before Bill 47 | After Bill 47 |
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Employers are obligated to reinstate an injured worker and accommodate them. |
Employers will not be legally obligated to reinstate an injured worker. Employers may do so voluntarily. |
What’s next?
This factsheet only describes some of the changes in Bill 47. On top of the radical changes to local union administration passed in Bill 32, Bill 47 is another government attack on our rights at work. Visit unifor.org/alberta to learn more.