Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (SOR/2020-130)

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means Part II of the Canada Labour Code. (Loi)

  designated recipient

  designated recipient means a work unit in a work place or person that is designated by an employer under section 14. (destinataire désigné)

  occurrence

  occurrence means an occurrence of harassment and violence in the work place. (incident)

  principal party

  principal party means an employee or employer who is the object of an occurrence. (partie principale)

  responding party

  responding party means the person who is alleged to have been responsible for the occurrence in notice of an occurrence provided under subsection 15(1). (partie intimée)

  witness

  witness means a person who witnessed an occurrence or is informed of an occurrence by the principal party or responding party. (témoin)

• Marginal note:Applicable Partner

  (2) In these Regulations, a reference to the “applicable partner” is to be read as a reference to the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, as a reference to the work place committee or the health and safety representative.