New CCOHS e-course helps workers deal with bullying

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is offering a new online course about workplace bullying, co-developed by the Public Services Health and Safety Association. “Bullying in the Workplace” is a one-hour e-course that’s available in both English and French and aimed at health and safety committee members, managers, supervisors and employees. Among the topics covered in the course: defining and preventing bullying; the effects bullying has; removing the risks; strategies to control bullying; and applying the new knowledge. People who complete the course should be able to recognize the signs of workplace bullying, understand why it occurs and how it affects an organization, identify the roles of all personnel in preventing bullying and employ practical tools for controlling it. “Bullying in the Workplace” is available for $49 at http://www.ccohs.ca/products/courses/bullying/.

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