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On September 4th, 2021 a new regulation to make all Yukon workplaces safer from violence and harassment comes into effect.

It took the brutal murder of a nurse at work in the emergency room of a hospital in Windsor, Ontario in 2005 to renew the drive to improve workplace safety laws in the provinces and territories. Unions, domestic violence advocates and other activists across the country mobilized and lobbied for changes to Occupational Health and Safety laws. Ontario was the first jurisdiction to pass changes to workplace safety laws (Bill 168) in 2010.

Improvements to the law are important but it will take vigilance in our workplaces to make sure employers do the risk assessments, establish clear policies and procedures and train all employees on what is harassment and violence and how to report it.

We have invited representatives from the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board to present this educational session to help workplaces meet the requirements of the Violence and Harassment Prevention Regulation. 

This session will provide information that can help your workplaces prepare for the recently approved Violence and Harassment Prevention Regulation. Participants learn about the Regulation, including what workplace violence and harassment means, as well as the workplace roles and responsibilities for preventing violence and harassment.

To learn more visit the WCHSB website.

Please join us:

July 22 10am to 11:30am

Please RSVP by clicking the red button below to obtain the pre-session materials.

Or just join us on this day at this zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99300331827?pwd=QXI0VE9tMENyTVN1N1YwSFJIYXJCQT09

All YEU members are welcome.

Shop Stewards, Local Executive members and Health and Safety Committee members are strongly encouraged to participate.

Click here to watch a 10 minute video about the tragic death of Lori Dupont, RN and the changes to the laws that her death prompted.