ABSTRACT
Nova Scotia's Violence in the Workplace Regulations, made under Section 82 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act S. N. S. 1996, c. 7 O. I. C. 2007–200, became effective on April 1, 2008. The employer must conduct a new violence risk assessment for each of their workplaces at least every five years and must establish and implement a workplace violence prevention plan for each workplace for which a significant risk of violence is identified through a violence risk assessment. Additionally, the employer must consult with any committee established at the workplace when establishing, reviewing, or revising a workplace violence prevention plan, and with any representative selected at the workplace when establishing, reviewing, or revising a workplace violence prevention plan. The employer must make a copy of the workplace violence prevention plan available for examination at the workplace by any employer, contractor, constructor, supplier, employee, owner, or self-employed person in that workplace.
