Harassment and Violence Prevention for Designated Recipients and Employers Updated

Description

Employers have the duty to provide a healthy and safe work place for all employees. This duty includes developing and implementing a harassment and violence prevention program, and investigating, recording, and reporting all occurrences of violence and harassment.

This updated course is intended for designated recipients and employers in federally regulated work places. It discusses the specific duties of the employer, including policy development, investigation techniques, processes, program evaluation and the role of the designated recipient. It will help you apply the Canada Labour Code, Part II, including the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, so you can be prepared to prevent and respond to harassment and violence in your work place.

Note: By buying this course, you do NOT need to buy Harassment and Violence Prevention for Employees or Harassment and Violence Prevention for Managers and Committees and Representatives. This course includes the content from those two courses.

Topics include:

• defining work place violence and harassment
• summary of responsibilities
• identifying risks
• prevention and supportive measures
• occurrence and reporting
• the resolution process

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• define harassment and violence and recognize occurrences
• recall your duties under the legislation
• identify risk factors for harassment and violence
• identify what to do when there is an occurrence
• describe the resolution process

Average time to complete this course is approximately one hour.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for designated recipients and employers in federally regulated work places.

Harassment and Violence Prevention for Employees helps workers understand harassment and violence in federally regulated work places, so they can learn how to recognize and report it.

Harassment and Violence Prevention for Managers and Committees and Representatives is intended for work place leaders, such as supervisors, managers, and committee members or health and safety representatives. It provides an overview of the responsibilities and duties of these work place groups in preventing harassment and violence in federally regulated work places.

Prerequisite

None

Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of the course and passing a final, multiple-choice exam, learners will be able to print a certificate of completion.

System Requirements

This course is delivered online. View the minimum system requirements to take this course.

Review Process

CCOHS courses are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers, and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.