Harassment as a New Workplace Safety Issue

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Law Now

Volume

42

Issue

3

DOI

10.11575/PRISM/32785

Publication Date

January 2018

Abstract

Since harassment is the biggest trending topic related to the workplace, it seems opportune to highlight the harassment provisions in the new Alberta occupational health and safety (“OHS”) legislation, which is known as Bill 30: An Act To Protect The Health And Well-Being Of Working Albertans. Harassment and violence bear some unusual characteristics as workplace hazards. These are human-centric problems, unlike most hazards which are physical and external to the workforce. Harassment, by definition, is largely subjective and generally a longer term harm like other damaging exposures. Both harassment and violence may be difficult to predict.

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