BILL NO. 64

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Occupational Health and Safety Act
(amended)

Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton South

First Reading: May 10, 2006

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 requires every employer to establish and implement a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace.

Clause 2 authorizes the Governor in Council to make a regulation respecting criteria for a bullying-prevention policy.

1 Subsection 13(2) of Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1996, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, is amended by adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:

(ca) in accordance with the regulations, if any, establish and implement a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace;

2 Subsection 82(1) of Chapter 7 is amended by adding immediately after clause (h) the following clause:

(ha) respecting the criteria for a policy to prevent bullying in the workplace;