Definition of Personal Harassment. Personal harassment by either employees or employer representatives is defined as repeated offensive comments and/or actions that, by a reasonable standard, create an abusive or intimidating work environment. Personal harassment may occur as a single incident or over a period of time. A combined series of incidents - of which any one in isolation would not necessarily be considered harassment - may also constitute harassment. Comments or actions that serve a legitimate, work-related purpose shall not be deemed to constitute personal harassment under this article. Examples of personal harassment include, but are not limited to: • Physical threat, intimidation, or assault or unwelcome physical contact such as touching, patting, pinching, and punching; • Implied or expressed threat or reprisal, or denial of opportunity for refusal to comply with a request which serves no legitimate work-related purpose; • Display or distribution of pictures, posters, calendars, objects, literature or other materials that are racist or, that are, by a reasonable standard, considered derogatory to a particular person or group of persons. The legitimate study, display, use or distribution of such materials that are within appropriate academic norms is not considered personal harassment.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
