e-1067 (Canada Labour Code)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-68-06 Government Response to petitions concerning the Canada Labour Code
- Federally regulated employers and employees
- Harassment
- Intimidation
- Labour code
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The Canada Labour Code governs national employers such as the RCMP, Canada Postal Service, Canadian Military, and national telecommunications, airlines and banks;
- The Canada Labour Code does not expressly prohibit psychological violence in the workplace or protect workers from hazardous work environments due to psychological violence;
- Workplace psychological violence affects many Canadian workers, and the ones who suffer injury/illness can face limited and difficult access to recovery support and resolution. This legislation gap allows the ones operating with this violence to continue because of inadequate legal barriers; and
- The Prime Minister has mandated ministerial action to “ensure that federal institutions are workplaces free from harassment and sexual violence”, and legislation is required to address workplaces that allow hazardous work environments due to condoning psychological violent behavior and practices where management accountable turns-a-blind-eye, dismisses and further intimidates, harasses and discriminates as a response to addressing any form of psychological or physical violence once it occurs; and a number of national employers have been in the media in recent years exemplifying these systemic psychological violence issues and the associated impacts on Canadians.
- Open for signature
- May 26, 2017, at 3:14 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 23, 2017, at 3:14 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Sheri Benson
(Saskatoon West)
October 20, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01733) - Government response tabled
- November 30, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 418 |
British Columbia | 45 |
Manitoba | 33 |
New Brunswick | 4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 6 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 13 |
Ontario | 66 |
Prince Edward Island | 2 |
Quebec | 7 |
Saskatchewan | 8 |
Yukon | 1 |