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

February 22, 2023 by Dan

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.

Blog Post #1432 – How to Develop a Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Strategy – Part 3

February 19, 2023 by Dan

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

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

“Assessing the risks in your workplace”

Creating an environment where employees feel safe to discuss and come forward about harassment and violence starts with an assessment of existing hazards.

Blog Post #1420 – Saskatchewan Prisons at “Crisis Level”

January 30, 2023 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)

The Saskatchewan government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) has expressed disbelief at the provincial government’s reported unawareness of the problem of overcrowding and violence in the province’s correctional centres.

Blog Post #1405 – City of Ottawa Lobbies for Enforcement

January 12, 2023 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)

The Ottawa City Council has voted unanimously to petition the Ontario Labour Minister and Attorney General to push for criminal investigations and convictions regarding occupational health fatalities and serious workplace injuries, in accordance with 2004 amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code of Canada, known as the Westray Law.

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