Tag: Workplace Violence & Harassment
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Federal Guidance re Workplace Harassment & Violence Rules
The federal government published guidance on the new workplace harassment and violence regime coming into force on January 1, 2021 . . .
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Quebec Introduces Bill 59 re Workers Compensation & Occupational Health & Safety
Quebec introduced Bill 59, An Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime, for first reading on October 27, 2020. The Bill makes extensive amendments to the Quebec's health and safety laws, including the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases and the Act respecting occupational health and safety . . .
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Federal Final Regulations re Workplace Harassment & Violence
Further to my earlier post, the federal government published its final Work Place Harassment and Violence Regulations (Regulations). The new federal workplace harassment and violence rules come into force on January 1, 2021 . . .
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Federal Government Proclaims New Workplace Violence & Harassment Regime in Force
The federal government proclaimed in force the new workplace violence and harassment requirements, which were included in Bill C-65, Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, and draft regulations. The amendments are scheduled to come into force on January 1, 2021 . . .
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Federal Announcement re Workplace Harassment & Violence Investigators
The federal government posted a call for applications for workplace harassment and violence prevention investigators . . .
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PEI Regulation re Workplace Harassment
Prince Edward Island filed Regulation EC2019-710, establishing new Workplace Harassment Regulations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act . . .
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Ontario Guidance re Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has published "Workplace violence prevention in health care: A guide to the law for hospitals, long-term care homes and home care". The Guide reviews employers' and employees' obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulation 67/93 – Health Care and Residential Facilities, including workplace violence prevention . . .
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Recap: Canada Labour Code Amendments – What’s Coming Next
Further to my earlier post, which provided an overview of the amendments to the Canada Labour Code (the Code) coming into force this September, today's post looks at additional pending changes. And there's a lot!
Bill C-86, Bill C-44 and Bill C-65 include amendments to the Code not yet proclaimed in force . . .
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Federal Draft Regulations re Workplace Harassment & Violence
Further to Bill C-65, which received royal assent on October 25, 2018, the federal government has published draft Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations. Comments must be provided within 30 days of publication (April 27, 2019 . . .
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Recap: Coming into Force on April 1, 2019
Effective April 1, 2019, amendments to federal, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island labour and employment legislation and regulations came into force . . .
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