Commissionaires Great Lakes

Risk Assessment For Workplace Violence & Harassment

Understand your legal requirement to protect your people.

Commissionaires Great Lakes can provide you with the knowledge you will need to understand how changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Bill 168) affect your organization. Our consulting service includes a risk assessment, recommended policy, and communication programs to support your organization’s compliance with workplace violence and harassment regulations. We will provide you with an action plan on how to achieve and maintain compliance with these critical legislative changes, as well as provide an understanding of how to develop and sustain a comprehensive program for preventing and managing workplace violence and harassment in your work environment.

Workplace Violence And Harassment Legislation

The Ontario provincial legislation, Bill 168, places significant new safety responsibilities on the employer to protect employees from workplace violence and harassment. The legislation requires employers to develop new policies and procedures relating to the prevention, response, investigation and reporting of incidents of workplace violence and harassment, which differs from other legislative responsibilities. Employers are also required to complete a risk assessment of hazards that may arise from domestic issues, which may carry over into the workplace.

As of June 15, 2010 your workplace violence program must be in place to ensure you avoid penalties, which may be issued by a Ministry of Labour inspection, investigation or inquiry.

Commissionaires Great Lakes’ consulting program can help your organization achieve this step toward compliance.

Our Consulting Service Includes:

• Assisting you with understanding and managing your organization’s roles and responsibilities under Bill 168 (now 32.0.1 OHSA);
• Completing a comprehensive site survey and developing a tailored risk assessment with guidelines on how often they need to be carried out;
• Developing an inclusive workplace violence prevention program, which includes policy, procedures and practices, and recommendations on workplace violence, harassment and security;
• Strategies to maintain proper compliance with Bill 168;
• Information and instruction on workplace violence and harassment you must provide employees.

About Our Consultants

Commissionaires Great Lakes’ security consultants hold Certified Protection Professional (CPP)* accreditation. These experts have the experience and technical knowledge required to educate organizations about their responsibilities and guide them in developing a program under Bill 168 for preventing and responding to workplace violence and harassment.

*CPP is the gold standard of security professionalism, awarded by ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security) International. The rigorous process of accreditation means there are only 5,600 recipients with this designation worldwide since the program began in 1977. The curriculum covers eight domains of security management and the elite security professionals who complete the course are able to expertly advise clients in the areas of: security principles and practices, investigations, legal aspects, personnel security, physical security, emergency practices, business principles and practices, and information security.