Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define workplace harassment, sexual harassment, psychological harassment, workplace violence, discrimination, poisoned work environment, reprisal, and confidentiality in a Canadian workplace context.
- Identify behaviours that may constitute harassment, violence, bullying, discrimination, microaggressions, or retaliation.
- Identify the difference between inappropriate workplace conduct and reasonable management actions carried out respectfully, professionally, and in good faith.
- Recognize how harassment and violence can occur in physical, virtual, job-site, work-from-home, and other work-related settings.
- Explain employee responsibilities for maintaining respectful communication, respecting boundaries, reporting concerns, and cooperating in workplace investigations.
- Describe appropriate reporting steps when experiencing, witnessing, or becoming aware of workplace harassment or violence.
- Describe the importance of documentation, confidentiality, timely reporting, and non-retaliation during the complaint and resolution process.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Dan Hannan
Dan Hannan is an Environmental, Health and Safety professional of 28 years. Dan is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a designation awarded through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, as well as an OSHA-Authorized Outreach Trainer.
Dan’s professional safety career began in 1990 in the public sector working for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Over the last 28 years Dan has provided professional EHS services to the oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and ethanol industries. His work has included project safety management, compliance auditing, risk assessment, training and program development.