On Dec. 15, 2009, Bill 168 received Royal Assent. That means Ontario companies that are subject to the OHS Act have until June 15, 2010 to comply with the new requirements by conducting risk assessments for violence, developing violence and harassment policies and programs and training workers on these new policies and programs. Get the complete, easy-to-use help you need to comply with the new Special Report on the Ontario Workplace Violence & Harassment Law – including a Plain-English explanation — and ready-to-use model policies! This valuable Special Report tells you everything you need to know about the new law. Here’s just a sample:

• It gives you a quick, easy-to-read overview of the new Workplace Violence & Harassment Law and tells you what you need to know to comply with the new provisions
• It explains the specific steps your company is required to take to meet the new requirements in 7 key areas
• It explains the new written policies you must put into place – tells you what the policies must cover – how frequently they must be reviewed – and how they must be communicated to employees
• It gives you a Model Workplace Violence and Harassment Policy you can quickly adapt to your workplace – this valuable model policy alone can save you countless hours of work and help you comply with the law
• It explains the new requirements for companies to set up a Violence Program and a Harassment Program and what must be included in those programs
• It alerts you to the new risk assessment requirements – tells you how to conduct a risk assessment – provides a Model Worker Violence Survey and a Model Supervisor Violence Survey you can use in your risk assessment
• It explains the new rights of employees to refuse work based on the risk of workplace violence – gives the 9 common traps companies fall into when dealing with work refusals and tells you how to avoid them
• It highlights the new law’s provisions that require employers to take reasonable precautions to protect workers from domestic violence if they are aware – or reasonably ought to be aware – that violence could occur in the workplace
• And much more

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