Common use of General Harassment Clause in Contracts

General Harassment. (a) The Employer and the Union recognize the benefit to be derived from a work environment free from harassment and where the conduct and language of employees meet the acceptable social standards of the work place. (b) The parties agree to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and promote such an environment and believe that the best means of achieving this is adherence to the Human Rights Act of British Columbia. (c) Harassment shall be as defined in the British Columbia Human Rights Code. (d) It is understood that harassment does not include actions occasioned through exercising in good faith the Employer's managerial/supervisory rights and responsibilities. (e) Where complaints or disputes pertaining to this Article occur, they shall be referred to the investigation and dispute resolution process in Article 10.9 (Employee Investigations) and they shall not form the basis of a grievance. (f) This clause does not preclude an employee from filing a complaint under the Human Rights Code, however an employee shall not be entitled to duplication of process.