TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Ministers of Education and Labour are planning to take action on workplace violence in the province’s high schools. A June 8 media release from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) stated that Education Minister Mitzie Hunter and Labour Minister Kevin Flynn had announced the initiative after attending a Provincial Council meeting on June 2. The plan has four components to it: enhanced enforcement in schools, including visits by inspectors, managers and regional program coordinators, beginning this fall; new guidance materials to be distributed to workers during the 2017-18 school year; ensuring that education employees have sufficient access to information on students to protect themselves; and a comprehensive review of requirements for reporting violent incidents. “You have my personal commitment to this,” Flynn said to other stakeholders at the meeting, as quoted in the release. “Let us find out what it takes to move to the next level when it comes to addressing violence in our schools.” OSSTF stated that it would be “closely monitoring” the Ministers’ action plan.