Get compliant: What your nonprofit needs to know about workplace harassment

As employers, nonprofits have a legal responsibility for making workplaces healthy, safe, and harassment-free. As a sector, we want to champion decent work practices in our own organizations.

Ontario’s action plan, It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment, has led to new legal obligations for all employers to ensure every workplace has a policy and program dealing with harassment. 

Did you know that as of September 8, 2016:

• Workers have enhanced legal protections from harassment in the workplace?
• Workers are protected from harassment from anyone, not just other co-workers?
• Employers have new legal obligations to take proactive steps to protect workers from harassment?
• These obligations apply if you have even just one part-time worker?

To learn more about this legislative change and what you should do to make sure your organization is in compliance, register for this new webinar presented by the Public Services Health and Safety Association and the Ontario Ministry of Labour. The webinar will be relevant to managers, staff, and volunteer board members of non-profits with one or more staff.

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2016

Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Cost: $30 for members/ $60 for nonmembers

Presenters:

Ayumi Bailly, Director, Strategic Initiatives, Public Services Health & Safety Association and Vivien Wharton-Szatan, Provincial Coordinator, Industrial Health & Safety Program, Ontario Ministry of Labour

During this one hour webinar, you will: 

• Review the legislative changes dealing with harassment in the workplace, including the definition of “workplace harassment”, and the rights and responsibilities of both employers and workers
• Get helpful quick tips and find out where to access free resources
• Get your questions about workplace harassment answered

About the presenters

Ayumi Bailly

Director, Strategic Initiatives, Public Services Health and Safety Association

Over the past 25 years, Ms. Bailly has held a variety of senior posts in the public and non-profit sectors. Prior to assuming her current role as Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Public Services Health and Safety Association, she was the Director of Stakeholder and Partner Relations in the Prevention Office of the Ontario Ministry of Labour. In both of these capacities, she has been deeply committed to the prevention of workplace illness, injury and fatality through awareness and education.

Vivien Wharton-Szatan

Provincial Coordinator, Industrial Health and Safety Program, Ontario Ministry of Labour

Ms. Wharton-Szatan is employed with the Ministry of Labour in a Senior Management role as the Provincial Coordinator. She has held many different roles within the Ministry from an Industrial Health and Safety Inspector, Regional Program Co-ordinator, Project Manager and as a Program Manager. As Provincial Coordinator, she is responsible for the development of operational policies and programs to ensure consistent, effective and efficient enforcement by the inspectorate in the 29 industrial sectors that cover over 5 million workers in Ontario.