What is Disrespectful Behaviour?

Discriminating Against Others

All employees, customers, partners and vendors, have a right to work in an environment that is free from any discrimination or harassment based on age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, creed, record of offences, disability, family or marital status, gender expression, gender identity, marital or family status, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other protected grounds. This extends to all company and employment-related functions on and off OneLocal premises.

Workplace Violence

Workplace violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at OneLocal. 

We define workplace violence as applying physical force to someone that causes, or could cause physical injury to them. It also includes an attempt to apply physical force against someone that could cause physical injury to them, and can also include a statement or behaviour towards someone that could reasonably be interpreted as a threat to physical hurt them or cause injury. As such, workplace violence could include:

  • verbally threatening to attack someone;

  • leaving threatening notes at or sending threatening messages or emails;

  • hitting or trying to hit someone;

  • throwing an object at a coworker; or

  • sexual violence against a coworker.

 

Definitions of Harassment

Harassment can involve unwelcome words or actions that are known or should be known to be offensive, embarrassing, humiliating or demeaning to an employee or group of employees in a workplace. It can also include behaviour that intimidates, isolates or even discriminates against the targeted individual(s).

This may include:

  • making remarks, jokes or innuendos that demean, ridicule, intimidate, or offend;

  • displaying or circulating offensive pictures or materials;

  • bullying or aggressive behaviour;

  • repeated offensive or intimidating messages, calls or emails; 

  • inappropriate staring; 

  • isolating or making fun of someone because of gender identity; or

  • workplace sexual harassment.

Sexual harassment is defined as engaging in a course of unwelcome and objectionable comments or conduct against an employee in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of the comments or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.  Sexual harassment also includes making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a manager, supervisor or other position that has the power to reward or punish the employee.

 

What May Not be Considered Disrespectful Behaviour

Not every unpleasant interaction, instance of disrespectful behaviour, physical harm, or workplace conflict is considered bullying or harassment. Examples that may not be considered bullying or harassment, if undertaken in an appropriate manner as applicable include (but are not limited to):

  • Expressing differences of opinion;

  • Accidental situations that cause physical harm;

  • Offering constructive feedback, guidance, or advice about work-related behaviour and performance; or

  • Reasonable actions taken by the company or manager, such as decisions related (but not limited) to:

    • your job duties;

    • workload and deadlines;

    • instructions, supervision, or feedback;

    • performance management or work evaluation, layoffs, transfers, promotions, and reorganizations; or

    • discipline, suspensions, or terminations.

Appropriate feedback to help employees improve performance or behaviour, particularly when provided in a respectful manner, is not bullying and harassment.