By Mark Wales, Oxford Review Ontario farming consists of thousands of small-and medium-sized enterprises that employ many more thousands of people on our farms. As employers in Ontario, regardless of size, farmers need to know they are now required to have policies on workplace violence and harassment. Those with five or more employees must have [...]

Press Release from NewsWire.ca Many GTA employers don’t realize that they are legally responsible for protecting their employees from G-20 protestors and activists. With a growing number of incidents in the downtown core, including the occupation of businesses, street protests and isolated cases of vandalism, employers can face large fines and – in extreme cases [...]

By Teresa Long, KPBJ.com Traditionally, the workplace has been thought of as a safe environment, the place where we often spend more time with our co-workers than our own families. But that perception changed dramatically on a hot August day in 1986, when a postal worker in Edmund, Oklahoma walked into the post office with [...]

By Barb MacQuarrie, Ifpress.com I am returning from the seventh annual International Conference on Workplace Bullying & Harassment as the much anticipated Bill 168 comes into effect. More than 230 researchers and practitioners from 30 countries attended this year’s gathering in Cardiff, Wales. Some critics in Ontario have questioned whether labour law is an appropriate [...]

By Mary Pearson, The Financial Post Employees can be at the mercy of a bully boss unless the employer takes clear action to protect employees from intimidation and harassment. Sometimes the threat to employees can be physical as well as emotional. Question: I have a niece that works in an office where the office supervisor [...]

By Tony Van Alphen, Toronto Star Millions of employees in Ontario began receiving more protection in workplaces on Tuesday under new legislation to stamp out violence and sexual harassment. Amendments to the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act require companies to develop and implement written policies to deal with incidents that could cause injury to [...]

from CanadaOne.com Amendments to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) come into force today that require employers to protect workers from the threat of violence or harassment at work. The legislation is meant to protect workers from a continuum of innappropriate behaviours that can occur at work, ranging from offensive remarks to violent acts [...]

Press Release from newswire.ca The Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) surveyed its members on their organizational preparedness regarding the implementation of Bill 168: An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace and other matters, on June 15th. HRPA surveyed 605 of its members, between [...]

By Michael McKiernan, Law Times News Few Ontario workplaces will have complied with new workplace violence and harassment legislation by the time it comes into force this week, employment lawyers say. Bill 168, which amended the Occupational Health and Safety Act, received Royal assent in December. It gave employers six months to comply, but many [...]