81.19. Every employee has a right to a work environment free from psychological harassment.
Employers must take reasonable action to prevent psychological harassment from any person and, whenever they become aware of such behaviour, to put a stop to it. They must, in particular, adopt and make available to their employees a psychological harassment prevention and complaint processing policy that includes, in particular, a section on behaviour that manifests itself in the form of verbal comments, actions or gestures of a sexual nature.
2002, c. 80, s. 47; 2018, c. 212018, c. 21, s. 341; 2024, c. 42024, c. 4, s. 1811a.