No Discrimination Harassment Sexual Harassment. 6.01 The Employer agrees that there shall be no discrimination, interference, restriction or coercion exercised or practiced with respect to any Employee in the matter of hiring, wage rates, training, up-grading, promotion, transfer, layoff, recall, discipline, classification, discharge or otherwise by reason or age, race, creed, colour, national origin, religion, political affiliation or activity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, source of income, family status or marital status, family relationship, mental disability, physical disability nor by reason of membership or activity in the Union.
6.02 For the purposes of this Article, the term “harassment” shall be defined in accordance with the Employer’s policy on Workplace Abuse and Harassment. The Employer and the Union agree that no form of harassment shall be condoned in the workplace, and it is further agreed that both parties will work together to recognize and deal with these problems when they arise.
6.03 The Employer shall maintain and administer a policy with respect to harassment in the workplace that includes the following:
(a) a work environment free of harassment;
(b) informing all Employees of this policy, including their rights and responsibilities; and
(c) a procedure for receiving and investigating complaints of harassment based on the principles of confidentiality and natural justice.
No Discrimination Harassment Sexual Harassment. (a) The parties agree that all Employees shall be entitled to a respectful workplace free of discrimination, sexual harassment, and workplace harassment. As of the date of the ratification of this Agreement, the University has policies on these topics, including: Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Harassment: Prevention and Response Policy; Violence in the Workplace Policy; and Sexual Assault Policy. The parties acknowledge that nothing in these Policies is meant to supersede the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement. In the event that the provisions of these Policies contradict the Collective Agreement, the Collective Agreement governs, to the extent of the contradiction.
(b) The parties agree that there shall be no discrimination, interference, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation or coercion exercised or practised by either of them with respect to any employee in the bargaining unit concerning the application of the provisions of this Collective Agreement, by reason of the following: employee’s membership or non-membership in the Union; the employee’s activity in the Union or the exercise of his/her lawful rights arising therefrom; the employee’s age, race, creed/religion, colour, nationality, citizenship, place of
(c) It is the Employer’s responsibility to maintain an environment in which employees remain free from harassment as it is defined within this Collective Agreement, including intimidation, reprisals and any threats, explicit or implied, which are designed to or might reasonably be understood to dissuade an employee from exercising his/her rights under this Article 6.
(d) The parties agree to a definition of workplace harassment, including racial harassment, as follows:
(i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(ii) workplace sexual harassment. Workplace harassment also includes a reprisal or a threat of reprisal for lodging a grievance alleging a violation of Article 6.01 where the reprisal or threat is made by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee. The parties recognize that a single incident may constitute workplace harassment.
(e) The parties agree to a definition of workplace sexual harassment, as follows:
(i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity ...
No Discrimination Harassment Sexual Harassment. Respectful Workplace
6.01 (a) The parties agree that all Employees shall be entitled to a respectful workplace free of discrimination, sexual harassment, and workplace harassment. As of the date of the ratification of this Agreement, the University has policies on these topics, including: Discrimination, and Harassment, and Sexual Harassment: Prevention and Response Policy; Violence in the Workplace Policy; and Sexual Violence Policy (“the Policies”). The parties acknowledge that nothing in these Policies is meant to supersede the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement. In the event that the provisions of these Policies contradict the Collective Agreement, the Collective Agreement governs, to the extent of the contradiction.
No Discrimination Harassment Sexual Harassment
