Workplace violence definition

Workplace violence means any incident in which an employee is abused, threatened or assaulted during the course of his or her employment, and includes but is not limited to all forms of harassment, bullying, intimidation and intrusive behaviours of a physical or emotional nature.
Workplace violence means any intentional use of or threat to use deadly force by any person with intent to cause harm and that results in bodily “injury” or death of any person while on the insured’s premises.
Workplace violence means the exercise or attempted exercise of physical force by a person against a Worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the Worker, or a statement or behaviour that it is reasonable for a Worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the Worker.

Examples of Workplace violence in a sentence

  • Workplace violence, including threats of violence by or against a City employee, will not be tolerated and should be immediately reported whether or not physical injury occurs.


More Definitions of Workplace violence

Workplace violence means any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs at the work site. The term workplace violence shall not include lawful acts of self-defense or defense of others. Workplace violence includes the following:
Workplace violence means the attempted, threatened or actual conduct of a person that is intended to cause psychological or physical injury where it could reasonably be expected that an employee is at risk of psychological or physical injury.
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Workplace violence is defined as:
Workplace violence means any incident in which an employee is abused, threatened or assaulted during the course of his or her employment, and includes but is not limited to all forms of harassment, bullying, intimidation and intrusive behaviours of a physical or emotional nature. Every employee is entitled to employment free of workplace violence. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to ensure that no employee is subjected to workplace violence. No employee shall be required to perform work at any under circumstances of workplace violence by third parties. The Employer shall take appropriate remedial measures in such situations. Complaints of workplace violence may be brought to the attention of the Employer at any level of management appropriate to the circumstances. An employee may be assisted by the Union in a complaint. The Employer will not disclose the name of the complainant or the circumstances related to the complaint to any person except where necessary for the purposes of investigating the complaint, remedial measures in relation thereto, or as required by law. The Employer shall issue a policy statement concerning workplace violence which substantially conforms to the provisions of this Article. The Employer shall make each person under the Employer's direction aware of the policy statement concerning workplace violence.
Workplace violence means an intentional and unlawful act perpetrated against an Insured Person within the Premises involving use of a deadly weapon, or threat of such use.
Workplace violence is defined in the Policy as: • The exercise of physical force by a person against a staff/volunteer, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the staff/volunteer. • An attempt to exercise physical force against a staff/volunteer in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the staff/volunteer; and • A statement or behaviour that a worker could reasonably be interpreted as a threat to exercise physical force against the staff/volunteer, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the staff/volunteer. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, “workplace” means any land, premises, location or thing at, upon, in or near which a worker works. Dated at Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx this 25th day of February, 2020. LETTER OF UNDERSTANDINGMANDATORY TRAINING The Association and Union recognize that employees must complete certain Mandatory Training as required by legislation in view of the work performed by the employees and the services provided by the Association. The Association currently has a “legislated Mandatory Training Process” (“Process”) which may be amended from time to time. The Process addresses various aspects of Mandatory Training, including notification to employees of pending expiry of training and the consequences for failing to remain up-to-date in all areas of Mandatory Training. The Letter of Understanding reflects some of the principles and components in the Process.