Posts Categorized As: Violence and Harassment

Blog Post #1433 – How to Develop a Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Strategy – Part 4

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Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Nov. 2021)

“Create a road map and make it readily available”

Policy, training and confidential reporting mechanism are the pillars of a strong harassment and violence prevention strategy. Seeing your commitment to prevention and to addressing incidents of harassment and violence at work can go a long way in helping hesitant employees feel more comfortable about reporting behaviours that they have witnessed or experienced. It may also help deter employees from engaging in questionable behaviour during workplace interactions.

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Blog Post #1431 – How to Develop a Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Strategy – Part 2

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Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Nov. 2021)

“Understanding the scope of harassment and violence at work”

In a 2017 survey conducted by the Government of Canada, 60 per cent of respondents reported having experienced harassment and violence at work. These federal employees indicated that their workplaces had policies on harassment and violence in place but they had not received training on them.

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