ADMS 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Workplace Harassment, Workplace Violence, Major Trauma

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3400
• Professor: Gary Blake

Document Summary

At the end of this session you will be able to: Attain work-life balance through flexible workplace job sharing: telecommuting. Bill 168 received royal assent on december 15, 2009. The amendments to the occupational health and safety act came into force in six months later, on june 15, 2010. Workplaces in ontario with at least 5 workers employed regularly are required to have the necessary policies, programs, measures and procedures in place. Workplace harassment is defined as: (cid:862)a (cid:272)ourse of (cid:448)e(cid:454)atious (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t or (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t agai(cid:374)st a (cid:449)orker i(cid:374) a (cid:449)orkpla(cid:272)e that is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) or ought reaso(cid:374)a(cid:271)l(cid:455) to (cid:271)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) to (cid:271)e u(cid:374)(cid:449)el(cid:272)o(cid:373)e(cid:863) Note: the employer must respond when aware of domestic violence that may expose a worker to physical injury in the workplace. These places are at a greater risk of violence. Working in high crime areas securing/protecting valuables transporting people and/or goods. Workplace violence affects the health, safety and security of employees, supervisors and employers.