Tag: Occupational Health and Safety Act

What HR can do to prevent workplace violence

By Virginia Employment Law Letter Feb 14, 2016 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Jonathan R. Mook News reports of yet another workplace shooting have become all too frequent in our media-saturated world. The seemingly constant reports of shootings makes clear to all employers the inconvenient truth that no workplace is totally immune from the possibility that a violent incident will occur. Indeed, according to the federal Occupational […]

New Bill Introduced to Curb Workplace Violence and Harassment

By Karen Sargeant May 5, 2009 Northern Exposure

Updated: May 5, 2009

Ontario is looking to reduce violence and harassment in the workplace. To that end, Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace, received first reading on April 20, 2009. Bill 168, if passed, would amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). […]