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Charlottetown

141 Kent St., Suite 300
McInnes Cooper Building
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 1N3

Tel: 902.368.8473
Fax: 902.368.8346

Fredericton

570 Queen St., Suite 600
Barker House
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6Z6

Tel: 506.458.8572
Fax: 506.458.9903

Halifax

1969 Upper Water St., Suite 1300
Purdy’s Wharf Tower II
Halifax, NS
B3J 3R7

Tel: 902.425.6500
Fax: 902.425.6350

Moncton

644 Main St., Suite 400
Blue Cross Building, South Tower
Moncton, NB
E1C 1E2

Tel: 506.857.8970
Fax: 506.857.4095

Saint John

1 Germain St., Suite 1700
Brunswick Square
Saint John, NB
E2L 4V1

Tel: 506.643.6500
Fax: 506.643.6505

St. John’s

10 Fort William Pl., 5th Floor
Baine Johnston Centre
St. John’s, NL
A1C 1K4

Tel: 709.722.8735
Fax: 709.722.1763

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Most human rights commissions gather statistics about human rights complaints; those statistics consistently indicate that an overwhelming majority in most Provinces, and in the federal jurisdiction, are related to employment.

McInnes Cooper’s labour and employment lawyers regularly provide legal advice and representation to employers with respect to workplace human rights matters, including sexual harassment and other forms of harassment and bullying, in all Provinces, and in the federal sphere. Our clients are engaged in a wide range of industries. Human rights issues arise in all industries, and we provide advice to all; in our experience, the industries in which human rights issues most frequently arise include:

• Contact Centre

• Retail

• Healthcare

The workplace human rights advice and representation services we provide to our clients include:

Policy Development and Review: We believe in a proactive approach to human rights in the workplace; this means we help our clients both prevent and avoid human rights issues in their workplaces by assisting them to prepare new human rights and harassment and bullying policies and procedures, or by reviewing policies and procedures that are already in place, to ensure they remain in compliance with the applicable laws.

Training: As is always the case, policies and procedures alone are not sufficient to prevent human rights issues, harassment or bullying from arising in a workplace, or to comply with an employer’s legal obligations. We help our clients to implement their policies and procedures, including reviewing, preparing and/or presenting training and information seminars about human rights matters, harassment, and bulling. In addition, we assist clients to design and deliver human rights, harassment or bullying training to employees when they have been ordered to do by a human rights tribunal or other body, or have voluntarily agreed to deliver such training as part of the resolution of a complaint or dispute.

Human Rights Audits: Developing and implementing policies and procedures and delivering the related training is not – and should not – be a one-shot event. Since both employees and the laws about human rights, harassment and bullying change over time, it is a critical aspect of an employer’s legal obligation to exercise due diligence that employers conduct regular audits of such matters to ensure continued compliance with best practices and the law on an ongoing basis.

Addressing Human Rights Issues and Complaints Under Internal Human Rights Policies and Procedures: Employers with a well drafted and implemented policies and procedures about human rights, harassment and bullying can expect to receive “internal” complaints – and thus must be prepared to deal with them. We provide clients with advice and guidance in how to deal with such complaints internally, including appropriate timing, who should investigate and how, the investigation process itself, reaching a decision, determining whether and what discipline or other remedial steps are warranted, and other appropriate steps following the conclusion of the complaint process.

Human Rights, Harassment, Workplace Harassment and Bullying Advice and Representation: Even an employer with a strong policy in place, appropriately implemented and actively enforced, may find itself the defendant in a human rights complaint filed against it by an employee under the applicable human rights legislation. In that case, the employer must be prepared to respond to the complaint, and to do so in a manner that complies with the employer’s legal obligations balanced with minimizing business risks. We provide our clients with timely and accurate advice and, when necessary, with credible and practical legal representation, when faced with a human rights complaint.

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