What is the test for an employer to be found liable under the Workplace Liability Act?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Perma Clad Exteriors (EDM) Ltd. v. Alberta (Workers' Compensation Board), 1995 CanLII 9138 (AB QB):
A similar view was expressed by Crocket J. in Lewis v. Nisbet & Auld Ltd., 1934 CanLII 6 (SCC), [1934] 3 D.L.R. 241 (S.C.C.), at p. 250: It will be seen at once that the enactment is a special one which was clearly passed to extend the liability of the employer in favour of the workman. It is an enactment, therefore, which ought not to be narrowly construed against the workman. 2) The Applicants' Arguments
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