Significant revisions to the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act in 2018 made it obligatory for employers to investigate certain types of complaints. Licencing requirements under the Alberta Security Services and Investigators Act of 2010 have since been ignored by many self-proclaimed “workplace investigators”.
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Trauma Informed Interviewing
Workplace investigations into incidents or complaints require a delicate and sensitive approach, especially when dealing with individuals who have experienced trauma.
What is Domestic Violence?
You can’t tell if someone is abused by looking at them, bruises from abuse typically aren’t always visible …
2023 COS Top Women in Safety Awards
Linda Crockett has been recognized in the 2023 COS Top Women in Safety Awards.
Surviving Academic Bullying: Stories and Resources for Targets
Academic abuse/harassment or 'Academic Bullying' is an issue of critical importance, both in terms of its prevalence and increasing efforts to identify, address and mitigate its effects.
Breaking the Silence Around Academic Harassment
An article by Susanne Tauber, Nancy F. Oliveri, Dora Kostakopoulou and Morteza Mahmoudi published in FEBS PRESS in 2022.
Undoing Gender in Academia: Personal Reflections onEqual Opportunity Schemes
An article written by Susanne Täuber and published in the Journal of Management Studies in December 2020.
Why Workplace Harassment and Bullying is a Safety Issue
Failure to address issue is akin to death by a thousand cuts, specialist tells COS.
Wrongful Dismissal
Wrongful dismissal refers to any termination of employment that is not lawful. Employers can terminate an employee with cause or without cause.
Teachers are being called to battle by the ATA … but is it really the teachers’ battle to fight?
It is our hope that by creating a space where teachers can easily access the information all in one place, they will be able to become informed and make their own opinions.
Witnesses of Workplace Bullying Need Help!
by Linda Crockett, MSW, RSW, SEP, CCPA, founder of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources Employees who are targeted...
A Safe Return For All – Workplace Bullying and Harassment in the COVID-19 Era
Understanding employer and employee rights and responsibilities in relation to safely returning to work in the COVID-19 era and workplace bullying or harassment.