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Special Report of the Month: New Ontario Workplace Violence Requirements

Now it’s Easy to Comply with New Ontario Workplace Violence & Harassment Law!

Get the complete, easy-to-use help you need to comply with the new Ontario Workplace Violence & Harassment Law – including a Plain-English new law explanation — and ready-to-use model policies! In these valuable Special Reports you’ll find 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
The 5 types of liability you and your company could face when there is an incident at your company
Specific case-by-case examples of violations for each of the 5 types of liability you and your company are exposed to
A step-by-step plan designed to help youand your company limit or avoid liability for Workplace Violence & Harassment
6 model surveys, policies, notices and briefings to help you assess your risk and then implement a Workplace Violence/Harassment Policy
Briefings for Senior Management that outline the company’s liability and your personal liability
Practical how-to help on conducting a Workplace Violence/Harassment Risk Assessment-with Model Surveys for workers and supervisors
Easy-to-use compliance strategies for drafting a Workplace Violence/Harassment Policy that uniquely suits your company
What-to-do and how-to-do-it help on when and how to discipline workers for Workplace Violence/Harassment
Plain-English guidance on when terminating the offending worker could lead to ‘Wrongful Dismissal’ lawsuits and other fines
Clear-cut help on why a “Zero Tolerance” policy just won’t work under Canadian Law
A step-by-step guide on how to evaluate a specific incident and decide on the correct response
An example of the one blind spot in most Workplace Violence/Harassment policies that could lead to thousands of dollars in fines-and exactly how to fix it
What the specific financial arguments for a comprehensive Workplace Violence/Harassment policy are and the best way to explain them to your Senior Management
A breakdown of real life cases that shows you specific examples of what constitutes ‘Just Cause’ and what doesn’t
And Much More!