Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

102 (1) The employer must develop in writing and implement emergency notification procedures to summon assistance if immediate assistance is required, in response to work place violence.

(2) The employer must ensure that employees are made aware of the emergency notification procedures applicable to them and that the text of those procedures is posted at a conspicuous location accessible to those employees.

(3) In the development and implementation of emergency notification procedures, the employer’s decision whether or not to notify the police must take into account the nature of the work place violence and the concerns of employees who experienced the work place violence.

(4) If the police are investigating a violent occurrence, the work place committee or the health and safety representative must be notified of their investigation, unless notification is prohibited by law.

(5) The employer must develop and implement measures to assist employees who have experienced work place violence.