The 2025 Edition of HANDI-GUIDE to Alberta's OH&S Act, Regulation, and Code provides new commentary about important regulatory developments on the Alberta OHS scene, plus a forward look at anticipated regulatory changes later in 2025 and beyond.

This edition includes the updated version of the OHS Code, which reflects all OHS code amendments brought forward by Alberta Regulation 202/2024 in-force as of March 31, 2025.

Amended Parts include:
 
Part 27 – Violence and Harassment
Part 33 – Explosives
Part 37 – Oil and Gas Wells
Miscellaneous Amendments to multiple Parts, including Parts 5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 31, 40 and 41, plus Tables 5, 6 and 7 of Schedule 2 of the OHS Code.
 
Examples of select updates include:
 
Under Section 390 in Part 27, employers must have a violence and harassment prevention plan.
Under Section 391, employers must train workers in the violence and harassment prevention plan, and any revision to the plan.
For all updated Parts, there are numerous updated definitions, plus editorial changes to adjust wording and align terminology in the OHS Code.
 
The 2025 edition also outlines the ongoing work to update different Parts of the OHS Code, which is partly driven by the OHS Code Review Plan, 2023 – 2026. Review of additional Parts of the OHS Code is expected from 2025 to 2026, in line with the review plan.