By Nadya Tymochenko, Miller Thomson LLP In a recent arbitration decision upholding a termination, an arbitrator held that Bill 168, which amended the Occupational Health and Safety Act, revises the assessment of workplace violence. The grievor was terminated for a threat made to her union representative during a return to work meeting following her attendance …
Category Archive: Workplace violence
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Jan
26
2012
CriminalBackgroundRecords.com Introduces Modern Advantages to Employment Screening
Press Release from PRWEB Increasingly, workplace violence has become a critical concern for human resources departments and the population as a whole. On September 8, 2011 OSHA released a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. Workplace violence is defined by OSHA as: … violence or the threat of violence …
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Jan
25
2012
Workplace Violence: Bill 168 in action at union arbitration
By Norm Keith, Canadian Occupational Safety magazine The first important decision arising from the Bill 168 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) held that verbal threats of workplace violence constitute just cause to terminate a worker’s employment. Donna Hudson, a former employee of the City of Kingston, grieved the termination of her …
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Jan
24
2012
NCCI: Homicides accounted for 11% of workplace fatalities in 2009
from Business Insurance Homicides account for 11% of workplace fatalities, most resulting from robberies rather than co-worker crimes of passion, NCCI Holdings Inc. said in a research brief released Monday. Meanwhile, nonfatal assaults make up less than 2% of total nonfatal lost work-time injuries and illnesses, but that share has been increasing, NCCI says in …
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Jan
18
2012
Keeping violence at bay in the workplace
By Janaya Fuller-Evans, Burnaby Now Reporter Janaya Fuller-Evans caught up with Kevin Calder of K. Calder & Associates, a licensed security consultant specializing in workplace violence intervention since 2006. He works out of his home office in Burnaby. Burnaby Now: How long have you been a Burnaby resident? Kevin Calder: I have lived in Burnaby …
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