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Bill 168: Workplace violence and harassment: Ontario government proposes new legislation to Ontario's Health and Saftey Act
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Publisher:  Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Date Written:  19/11/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

If the amendments to Ontarios Health and Safety Action, Bill 168, become law, a range of new obligations will be placed on employers, including assessing the level of risk of violence in a workplace, providing written policies to deal with the risk

Abstract:  If the amendments to Ontarios Health and Safety Action, Bill 168, become law, a range of new obligations will be placed on employers, including assessing the level of risk of violence in a workplace, providing written policies to deal with the risk, requiring the implementation of programs aimed at reducing the incident of violence within the workplace, and obliging employers to report incidents of violence to the health and safety committee. There will also be a positive obligation on employer...
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