On January 1, 2021, Bill C-65,
An Act to amend the Canada
Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment
and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017,
No. 1 (Bill C-65) and the Work Place Harassment and
Violence Regulations (Regulations) came into force. Bill C-65 and the Regulations set out the requirements that
federally regulated employers will be required to meet in order to
satisfy their obligations under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) to investigate,
record, report, prevent and provide training with respect to
workplace harassment and violence, including sexual harassment and
sexual violence.
On November 30, 2020, the federal government published Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention