Category Archives: bullying

Bill 168: Workplace threats lead to dismissal for just cause

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Ontario’s new workplace violence legislation applied to city employee’s threats against co-worker

by Norm Keith (reprinted with permission)

The first important decision arising from the Bill 168 amendments to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) has determined verbal threats of workplace violence constitute violence under the new law, which came into force on June 15, 2010. Continue reading →

“The Gatekeepers” & The Workplace Bullying Movement

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Bullying Turns Into Violent Teen Mob – WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?

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It Takes A Nation

It’s become common for bullying stories to catch fire and ripple through the national mainstream media – unless it happens in tough neighborhoods.  Two days ago I came home from work to news reports about a local school bullying incident that blew up into a riot of 50 to 55 teens demanding that their target come out of the house. Continue reading →