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NL · Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (workplace standards) · Article 22 · clause 22 · NLR 5/12

PART III GENERAL DUTIES — Interpretation

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(1) In sections 23 and 24, "violence" means the attempted or actual exercise of physical force to cause injury to a worker and includes threatening statements or behaviour which gives a worker reason to believe that the worker is at risk of injury.

22(2)

In this section and section 24.1, "workplace harassment" means inappropriate vexatious conduct or comment by a person to a worker that the person knew or ought to have known would cause the worker to be humiliated, offended or intimidated.

22(3)

In sections 24.1 and 24.2, "harassment prevention plan" means a plan developed, implemented and maintained by an employer in accordance with section 24.1.

22(4)

A reasonable action taken by an employer or supervisor relating to the management and direction of workers or the workplace is not workplace harassment.

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