BILL NO. 64
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Occupational Health and Safety Act
(amended)
Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton South
First Reading: May 10, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 requires every employer to establish and implement a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace.
Clause 2 authorizes the Governor in Council to make a regulation respecting criteria for a bullying-prevention policy.
An Act to Amend Chapter 7
of the Acts of 1996,
the Occupational Health and Safety Act
1 Subsection 13(2) of Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1996, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, is amended by adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:
(ca) in accordance with the regulations, if any, establish and implement a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace;
2 Subsection 82(1) of Chapter 7 is amended by adding immediately after clause (h) the following clause:
(ha) respecting the criteria for a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace;
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