Workplace Violence Definition:

..."any action, conduct, threat or gesture of a person towards an employee in their workplace that can reasonably be expected to cause harm, injury or illness to that employee." (COHRS, s. 20.2)

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Workplace Violence Definition:

..."attempted or actual exercise of physical force by a person other than a worker, so as to cause injury to a worker, and includes any threatening statement or behaviour which causes a worker to reasonably believe he or she is at risk ." (OHSR, s. 4,27)

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Workplace Violence Definition:

..."the threatened, attempted or actual conduct of a person that causes or is likely to cause physical injury." (Code s.1)

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Workplace Harassment Definition:

..." inappropriate conduct, comment, display, action or gesture based on race, creed, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation (or other protected grounds) that adversely affects the worker's psychological or physical well-being; or constitutes a threat to the worker's health or safety. Must be repeated conduct, or single incident that causes lasting harmful effects." (OHSA, s 2(1); s. 2(3))

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Workplace Harassment Definition:

 "...means behaviour of a person, either by repeated conduct, comments, displays, actions or gestures, or by a single serious comment, display, action, gesture or occurrence of conduct, that is (i) unwelcome, vexatious, hostile, inappropriate or unwanted, (ii) based on race, creed, religion, skin colour, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, physical size or weight, age, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or (iii) an improper use of the power or authority inherent in the person's position, and threatens the health or safety of the worker, endangers a worker's job or threatens the economic livelihood of the worker, undermines the worker's job performance or negatively interferes with the worker's career in any other way, adversely affects the worker's dignity or psychological or physical integrity, or results in a harmful workplace for the worker." (OHSR, s. 2(1); s. 2(3)

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Workplace Harassment Definition:

..." as engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker, in a workplace – behaviour that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome ". 

Domestic Violence Definition:

..."If an employer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that domestic violence that would likely expose a worker to physical injury may occur in the workplace, the employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker".(2009, c. 23, s. 3)

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Workplace Violence Definition:

Workplace violence is not defined

Psychological Harassment Definition:

..." means any vexatious behaviour in the form of repeated and hostile or unwanted conduct., verbal comments, actions or gestures, that affects an employee's dignity or psychological or physical integrity and that results in a harmful work environment for the employee". 

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Workplace Violence Definition:

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Workplace Violence Definition:

..."threats, including threatening behaviour, that gives an employee reasonable cause to believe that he or she is at risk of physical injury, or conduct (or attempted conduct) that endangers the physical health or physical safety of an employee." (VWR, s. 2)

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Workplace Violence Definition:

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Workplace Violence Definition:

..." the threatened, attempted or actual exercise of physical force that may cause injury to a worker, and includes any threatening statement or behaviour that gives a worker reasonable cause to believe that he or she is at risk of injury." (GR. s. 52.1)

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Workplace Violence Definition:

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Workplace Violence Definition:

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Workplace Violence Definition:

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