N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 81.19 Disposition versions

2024-09-27

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 policy to prevent and manage situations of psychological harassment.

The policy must set out, in particular,

(1)  the methods and techniques used to identify, control and eliminate the risks of psychological harassment, including a section on behaviour that manifests itself in the form of verbal comments, actions or gestures of a sexual nature;

(2)  the specific information and training programs on psychological harassment prevention that are offered to employees and to the persons designated by the employer to manage a complaint or report;

(3)  the recommendations on behaviour to adopt when participating in work-related social activities;

(4)  the procedures for making complaints or reports to the employer or providing information or documents to the employer, the person designated to manage them, as well as the information on the follow-up that must be given by the employer;

(5)  the measures to protect the persons concerned by a situation of psychological harassment and the persons who have cooperated in the processing of a complaint or report regarding such a situation;

(6)  the process for managing a situation of psychological harassment, including the process that applies to the holding of an inquiry by the employer; and

(7)  the measures to ensure the confidentiality of complaints, reports, information or documents received and to ensure a preservation period of at least two years for the documents made or obtained in the course of managing a situation of psychological harassment.

Not in force

The policy is an integral part of the prevention program or action plan, as the case may be, referred to in section 59, 61.2 or 199 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1).

2002, c. 80, s. 47; 2018, c. 21, s. 34; 2024, c. 4, s. 18.

2024-03-27

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. 21, s. 34; 2024, c. 4, s. 18.

2019-01-01

81.19. Every employee has a right to a work environment free from psychological harassment.

Employers must take reasonable action to prevent psychological harassment 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. 21, s. 34.

2004-06-01

81.19. Every employee has a right to a work environment free from psychological harassment.

Employers must take reasonable action to prevent psychological harassment and, whenever they become aware of such behaviour, to put a stop to it.

2002, c. 80, s. 47.