OHS and Employments Standards investigating AHS report of foreign workers living/sleeping in local Burger King basement
LETHBRIDGE – The province’s Labour Ministry is now investigating the Health Inspection report from AHS that included descriptions of foreign workers living/sleeping/staying in the basement of a local Burger King in early January.
The statement from Christina Gray, Minister of Labour, is as follows:
“All Albertans deserve workplaces that are safe, fair and family-friendly. Any employer taking advantage of workers or putting worker safety at risk is completely unacceptable, and will not be tolerated. Both Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Employment Standards (ES) are investigating the allegations of sleeping/living accommodations for workers at this food establishment in Lethbridge. Alberta’s workplace laws apply equally to everyone, regardless of someone’s immigration status in Canada; our government takes this matter very seriously and will have more to say pending the results of both investigations.”
It’s not clear at this time, how long the investigations are expected to go on, or when the results of those investigations might be made public.