NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES
ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY

PURPOSE: TO CREATE A HARASSMENT FREE WORKPLACE

1. What is Harassment?

Harassment is any unwanted physical or verbal conduct that offends or humiliates you. Such conduct can interfere with your ability to do a job.

Harassment is a type of discrimination.

It can take many forms, such as:

- threats, intimidation, or verbal abuse;

- unwelcome remarks or jokes about subjects like your race, religion, disability or age;

- displaying sexist, racist or other offensive pictures or posters;

- sexually suggestive remarks or gestures;

- unnecessary physical contact, such as touching, patting, pinching or punching;

- physical assault, including sexual assault.

Harassment can consist of a single incident or several incidents over a period of time.

Harassment can create a negative or hostile work environment which can interfere with your job performance and result in your being refused a job, a promotion, or a training opportunity.

The harasser, who could be of the same or opposite sex as the person harassed, may be a supervisor, a co-worker, or someone providing you with a service.

Harassment will be considered to have taken place if a reasonable person ought to have known that the behaviour was unwelcome.

2. Every employee is entitled to a work environment free of harassment.

3. The Halifax Employers Association and its employer members are committed to: 
      1. Make every reasonable effort to ensure that no employee is subject to harassment; and
      2. Take disciplinary measures against employees who harass other employees.

4. In order to bring a complaint of harassment to the employers attention you may phone the Halifax Employers Association at 422-4471 or bring it to the attention of the company manager where you were working at the time of the incident. However, the first thing an employee who is being harassed should do is to tell the harasser to stop. It is essential to make it clear that the behaviour is unwelcome and objectionable. If the behaviour does not stop, the employee should ask the employer for assistance.

5. The Halifax Employers Association and the employers are committed to protect the identity of the parties wherever possible.

6. If you have been subject to harassment, you have the right to file a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

The Halifax Employers Association for and on behalf of:
Cerescorp Company
Furncan Marine Ltd.
Halifax Offshore Terminal Services Limited
Halterm Limited
Logistec Stevedoring (Atlantic) Inc.
Scotia Terminals Limited

This Policy is Effective Immediately