Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2021-247)

Marginal note:Workplace violence and harassment

• 42 (1) Workplace violence and harassment is a prescribed risk for the purpose of paragraph 205.02(2)(a) of the Act and every employer must develop and post at a place accessible to all employees a policy setting out the employer’s commitment to

  • (a) provide a safe, healthy and violence and harassment-free workplace;

  • (b) dedicate sufficient attention, resources and time to address factors that contribute to workplace violence and harassment;

  • (c) communicate to its employees information in its possession about the factors referred to in paragraph (b); and

  • (d) assist employees who have been exposed to workplace violence and harassment.

• Marginal note:Occupational health and safety program

  (2) Every occupational health and safety program must

  • (a) require that the assessment of the risk of violence and harassment at the workplace take into account the nature of the work carried out at the workplace, the conditions under which that work is carried out and previous experiences at the workplace and other similar workplaces; and

  • (b) include procedures for

    • (i) summoning immediate assistance in response to violence that poses an immediate risk of physical injury,

    • (ii) reporting incidents of workplace violence and harassment to the employer or a supervisor, and

    • (iii) investigating and addressing reports of workplace violence and harassment.

• Marginal note:Training

  (3) The training that every employer must provide to each of its employees includes training on the factors that contribute to workplace violence and harassment.

• Marginal note:Definition of workplace violence and harassment

  (4) In this section, workplace violence and harassment means any action, conduct or comment, including of a sexual nature, that can reasonably be expected to cause offence, humiliation or other physical or psychological injury or illness to an employee.