Creating a Safe Workplace

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Program Overview:

Course Objectives:

• Describe the characteristics of a respectful workplace;
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate workplace behaviours;
• Respond effectively to situations involving inappropriate workplace behaviours;
• List the prohibited grounds for harassment identified by the Ontario Human Rights Act;
• Know the definition of workplace harassment found in Ontario’s OHSA;
• Explain the employer requirements of the OHSA with regard to protecting workers from workplace harassment;
• Define workplace violence and describe the many types of behaviour that may constitute workplace violence;
• Identify workplace activities and occupations which may place a worker at an increased risk of violence;
• Explain the legal responsibilities of the employer, with regard to workplace violence;
• Understand the importance of conducting a workplace violence risk assessment;
• Recognize that Ontario’s OHSA requires employers to extend workplace violence protections to include domestic violence; and
• Understand the circumstances in which an employer is required to share information about a person with a history of violent behaviour with other workers.

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