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Respect in the Workplace Office

Respect in the Workplace Office. Presentation to the National UMCC Health Canada May 16, 2017. Mission. The Respect in the Workplace Office (RWO) focusses on the prevention and resolution of harassment in the workplace .

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Respect in the Workplace Office

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  1. Respect in the Workplace Office Presentation to the National UMCC Health Canada May 16, 2017

  2. Mission The Respect in the Workplace Office (RWO) focusses on the prevention and resolution of harassment in the workplace. RWO leads the organization in the promotion, prevention and building awareness in creating a respectful workplace. In addition, RWO coordinates the formal harassment complaint process on behalf of the delegated authority. “Creating a respectful workplace is everyone’s business.”

  3. Education and Awareness • On-going • Intranet • Tools and resources to help navigate the harassment complaint processes to achieve both informal and formal resolution in addition to early prevention. • Online Promotion and Outreach • Regularly post updates and activities on Twitter and GCconnex; • Foster discussions about respect in the workplace by frequently posting in forums; • Share relevant tools and • resources from external • sources with the public • service. • Next Steps • Develop and Release New Tools • Expand “Quick Tips” series to span a variety of topics from steps to take if feeling harassed to being a witness/bystander. • Committee • Explore forming a Respect in the Workplace joint union-management committee.

  4. Case Management Support to Management RWO meets with employees and managers to discuss workplace issues dealing primarily with disrespect, incivility, bullying and harassment. Increase Engagement with Senior Management Regular communication with management to discuss workplace culture and proactive measures to help address workplace issues; Engage in active outreach with branches and foster discussions about respect in the workplace through information sessions. Total: 31 Active Complaints Allegations by type: Excessive control; Unfair treatment; Humiliation; Interference with work/withholding resources. Sources of harassment: 24 respondents are individuals with authority over complainant; 6 are colleagues and 1 is a direct report. Refer to Annex A & B By region: 9cases in SK are against the same respondent.

  5. To increase the delivery of the Building Blocks of the Respect in the Workplace training: • RWO used various staffing mechanisms to build an inventory of twenty-nine qualified trainers across Canada to deliver these workshops (i.e. fulltime and part time assignments and micro-mission). • Innovative approaches in all regions are being used to deliver in-class sessions (i.e. classroom, branch specific and training to in-tact teams). • In order to increase our reach regionally, Web-Ex and teleconference sessions are being used. Going forward: • Collaboratively work with senior management to ensure that all staff are undertaking the mandatory training (both online and in-class workshops) • Streamline current three-hour in-class training to shorter sessions for Executives Targeted Strategy • Between April 1, 2016 and March 3, 2017 • 150 employee sessions delivered in the NCR • 51 sessions delivered in the regions • 51 manager sessions delivered in the NCR • 24 sessions delivered in the other regions • Beyond April 1, 2017, an increase of dedicated sessions is anticipated as Branches are focusing on the online courses completion until March 31, 2017 Training

  6. Respect in the Workplace Annual Campaign Encourage presence and collaborative efforts between management and union representatives Raise awareness and increase communication with employees and managers

  7. Annex A: Active Harassment Complaints • The total number of the type of allegations is greater than the total number of complaints reportedas complainants can file more than one allegation in their complaint. • Nine cases against the same respondent included “excessive control” as a behaviour. • NOTE: Categories used originate from the PSES.

  8. Annex B: Workplace Climate • Formal RWO: Complainant(s) have filed a formal harassment complaint via a Harassment Complaint Form + supporting documents. • Informal RWO: Complainant(s) were either considering making a formal complaint or seeking informal options to resolve issues related to harassment. Data does not include one time communications with individuals, who may or may not be a complainant, to discuss concerns or issues related to respect in the workplace or harassment. • Data excludes workplace issues related to harassment dealt with by Labour Relations.

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