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Psychosocial Hazards and Harassment in the Workplace: Stay One Step Ahead of the Legislation

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1 day
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rate
$1,195
$1,195
Language

French

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Émilie Mazet
Émilie Mazet
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In this modern world of ours, protecting your employees means more than looking out for their physical safety and well-being. Recent legislative changes due to take effect in October 2025 will extend this same duty of care to psychosocial hazards. Which makes now the perfect time for executives and leaders to get a head start by identifying and assessing potential psychosocial hazards in the workplace and putting a plan in place to keep them at bay.

This course features a number of hands-on activities, thought-provoking discussions and realistic case studies, which you can use to turn these challenges into opportunities and improve your current practices. The curriculum has been designed to help you develop strong protocols, foster the development of a corporate culture rooted in respect, safety and well-being, and sharpen your leadership skills in a changing business landscape.

When you create an environment where employees feel safe, supported and empowered, you won’t just be meeting your legal obligations — you’ll also be gaining a competitive edge that lets you attract and retain top talent.

GOALS

  • Update your knowledge about occupational health and safety (OHS) and the changes brought about by the Act to Modernize the Occupational Health and Safety Regime.
  • Identify and assess psychosocial hazards in your workplace.
  • Clarify the legal obligations incumbent upon employers and employees.
  • Gain insight into primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies.
  • Understand psychological and sexual harassment in the workplace, as it’s defined in the Act Respecting Labour Standards, and learn more about the procedures that will help you manage these situations.
  • Learn what your rights are as an employer in dealing with psychological harassment and how to put effective preventive measures in place

IS THIS FOR YOU

  • Managers and executives
  • Human resources professionals
  • Other professionals

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Compliance with your legal obligations and reduced risk: By familiarizing yourself with new occupational health and safety requirements, you’ll ensure that your organization is doing everything the law requires so you don’t risk future legal action or penalties.
  • Better workplace dynamics: By addressing issues like psychosocial hazards, harassment and intimate partner violence directly, you’ll be creating a better and healthier work environment where your employees feel safe and comfortable, which is bound to have a positive impact on overall productivity.

Occupational health and safety: Legislative context and obligations

  • Introduction to the Act to Modernize the Occupational Health and Safety Regime
  • Employer’s responsibilities vis-à-vis sociopolitical hazards

Identifying and gauging sociopolitical hazards

  • Assessment approaches and methods

Preventing sociopolitical hazards

  • Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention

How psychological/sexual harassment and intimate partner violence can present in the workplace

  • Definition and legal framework (under labour standards legislation)
  • Procedures for handling cases of harassment

Management rights in preventing psychological harassment

From theory to practice

  • Importance of a healthy workplace

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Lectures
  • Kahoot! and/or Wooclap software
  • Flipped learning approach
  • Video modules
  • Case studies
Mouna Knani
Mouna Knani

MSc (Management), PhD (Human Resources Management)

Associate Professor, Department of Human Resources Management, HEC Montréal

In Person

Psychosocial Hazards and Harassment in the Workplace: Stay One Step Ahead of the Legislation

In this modern world of ours, protecting your employees means more than looking out for their physical safety and well-being. Recent legislative changes due to take effect in October 2025 will extend this same duty of care to psychosocial hazards. Which makes now the perfect time for executives and leaders to get a head start by identifying and assessing potential psychosocial hazards in the workplace and putting a plan in place to keep them at bay.

This course features a number of hands-on activities, thought-provoking discussions and realistic case studies, which you can use to turn these challenges into opportunities and improve your current practices. The curriculum has been designed to help you develop strong protocols, foster the development of a corporate culture rooted in respect, safety and well-being, and sharpen your leadership skills in a changing business landscape.

When you create an environment where employees feel safe, supported and empowered, you won’t just be meeting your legal obligations — you’ll also be gaining a competitive edge that lets you attract and retain top talent.

Presentation Program Instructors

GOALS

  • Update your knowledge about occupational health and safety (OHS) and the changes brought about by the Act to Modernize the Occupational Health and Safety Regime.
  • Identify and assess psychosocial hazards in your workplace.
  • Clarify the legal obligations incumbent upon employers and employees.
  • Gain insight into primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies.
  • Understand psychological and sexual harassment in the workplace, as it’s defined in the Act Respecting Labour Standards, and learn more about the procedures that will help you manage these situations.
  • Learn what your rights are as an employer in dealing with psychological harassment and how to put effective preventive measures in place

IS THIS FOR YOU

  • Managers and executives
  • Human resources professionals
  • Other professionals

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Compliance with your legal obligations and reduced risk: By familiarizing yourself with new occupational health and safety requirements, you’ll ensure that your organization is doing everything the law requires so you don’t risk future legal action or penalties.
  • Better workplace dynamics: By addressing issues like psychosocial hazards, harassment and intimate partner violence directly, you’ll be creating a better and healthier work environment where your employees feel safe and comfortable, which is bound to have a positive impact on overall productivity.

Occupational health and safety: Legislative context and obligations

  • Introduction to the Act to Modernize the Occupational Health and Safety Regime
  • Employer’s responsibilities vis-à-vis sociopolitical hazards

Identifying and gauging sociopolitical hazards

  • Assessment approaches and methods

Preventing sociopolitical hazards

  • Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention

How psychological/sexual harassment and intimate partner violence can present in the workplace

  • Definition and legal framework (under labour standards legislation)
  • Procedures for handling cases of harassment

Management rights in preventing psychological harassment

From theory to practice

  • Importance of a healthy workplace

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Lectures
  • Kahoot! and/or Wooclap software
  • Flipped learning approach
  • Video modules
  • Case studies
Mouna Knani
Mouna Knani

MSc (Management), PhD (Human Resources Management)

Associate Professor, Department of Human Resources Management, HEC Montréal
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