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Alberta. Ministry of Labour fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on <em>The Department of Labour Act</em>, 1959 c. 42
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556.61 m of textual records and other material.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of administrative and operational records of the Minister of Labour, the Deputy Minister and various Assistant Deputy Ministers, the Administrative Services, Boilers, Building Standards, Communications, Electrical Protection, Elevators and Fixed Conveyances, Employment Pensions, Employment Standards, Finance and Administration, Fire Prevention, Gas Protection, Labour Standards, Mediation Services, Personnel, Planning and Research, Plumbing and Gas Safety branches, as well as from the Occupational Health and Safety Division, and the Office of the Fire Commissioner. The fonds also contains the records of the Industrial Health and Safety Commission, the Grande Cache Commission, the Alberta Building Standards Council, and the Alberta Fire Prevention Council. The fonds contains correspondence, a variety of types of case files containing correspondence, application forms, reports, blueprints and other types of support material, administrative subject files, reports and statistics, collective agreements, minutes and agendas of various committees, regulations, legislation and codes, drafts of legislation and regulations, examination papers, registry books, press releases, publications, briefing materials, and manuals. The records have been arranged into the following series. Administrative services operational records;<em>Amusements Act </em>licensing records;Boiler and pressure vessel engineer examination records;Boiler and pressure vessel inspection administrative records;Boiler and pressure vessel inspection operational records;Building handicapped access exemption records;Building inspection case files;Building standards administrative records;Building standards development records;Calgary fire and arson investigation case files;Camrose region electrical protection operational records;Central records office reference material;Central records office departmental operational records;Collective agreements;Deceased pressure welders and engineers case files;Department executive records;Department general administrative records;Department payroll registers;Edmonton fire and arson investigation case files;Electrical safety administrative and operational records;Elevator and fixed conveyance inspection administrative records;Elevator and fixed conveyance inspection operational records;Employment standards administrative records;Employment standards operational records;Employment standards dispute resolution case files;Finance administrative records;Finance operational records;Fire prevention administrative records;Fire loss and incident reports;Fire safety inspection records;Fire training school records;Fort McMurray district electrical safety operational records;Grande Cache Commission records;Heritage grant program operational records;Industrial Health and Safety Commission records;<em>Industrial Wages Security Act</em> case files;Laboratory services administrative records;Labour executive records;Labour mediation case files;Labour mediation administrative records;Labour standards administrative records;Legislative review and development records;Lethbridge district employment standards administrative records;Lethbridge fire and arson investigation case files;Lightning rod licenses;Lodgepole Blowout Enquiry records;Ministerial records;Occupational health and safety administrative records;Occupational health and safety employer files;Occupational health and safety hygiene case files;Occupational health and safety prosecution case files;Peace River fire and arson investigation case files;Personnel administrative records;Personnel operational records;Pension administration records;Planning and research administrative records;Planning and research general operational records;Planning and research project records;Private sector pension administration records;Professions and occupations operational records;Projectionist licensing records;Plumbing and gas inspection administrative records;Public relations records;Red Deer district electrical inspection administrative records;Red Deer district fire and arson investigation case files;Red Deer district fire prevention administrative records;Red Deer district plumbing and gas inspection administrative records;Red Deer district boiler and pressure vessels inspection administrative records;Sanitary engineering administrative records;Union certification records;West Edmonton Mall roller coaster accident investigation records
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Other materials include: ca. 7,000 microfiches; ca. 5,300 microfilm reels; ca. 3,000 blueprints; ca. 325 photographs; ca. 100 technical drawings; 36 videocassettes; 17 negatives; 3 roller coaster parts
Immediate source of acquisition
Records acquired through scheduled transfer from the Department of Labour
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Language of material
- The material is in English.
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Subject to the <em>Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act</em>;Subject to the <em>Copyright Act</em>
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File lists are available for some accessions
Associated materials
Records created by the Department of Labour can also be found in the fonds of the Department of Manpower and Labour, the Ministry of Human Resources and Employment, and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. The records were retained and used by these agencies in the fulfillment of their mandates before transfer of the records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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Further accruals are not expected
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- Alberta. Ministry of Labour (Subject)