Australian Laws Against Aggressive Violence in the Workplace Continued from page 7
have enacted several laws to minimize aggressive violence in the workplace. The Work Safety Act of 2008, states employers must take all reasonably practicable steps to minimize harmful risks to the health and safety of their workers. Failure to provide a safe workplace constitutes a breach of the act's requirements and could make the employer liable to penalties. Workers employed by the ACT Public Service may be entitled to workers' compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (SRC), which provides reimbursement for time off work, as well as medical costs, arising from psychological and physical injuries suffered by a victim of workplace violence. In addition, the Workers Compensation Act of 1951 provides reimbursement for time off work as well and medical costs associated with medical conditions arising from injuries.
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Canada October-November MOL Safety Blitz Includes Violence Prevention
Between the months of October and November 2012, the Ontario Ministry of Labour will conduct an inspection blitz that will focus on
1. machine guarding hazards, violence and harassment prevention and repetitive strain injuries in manufacturing and industrial workplaces and 2. infection prevention and control in health care workplaces. The blitzes are part of Ontario’s enforcement strategy to increase compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations.
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Luxembourg: Finally – A Legal Basis for Ending Workplace Bullying?
On June 25, 2009, the Union of Luxembourg Enterprises, the Independent Trade Union Confederation of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Confederation of Christian Trade Unions signed an industry-level agreement on bullying and violence at work. The agreement between the social partners gives effect to a framework agreement signed at European level on April 26, 2007. The Luxembourg agreement adopts the conclusions of the European framework agreement and defines its terms of application. The Luxembourg agreement fills an significant gap – previously, Luxembourg law had no agreed and generally applicable definition of ‘bullying’ in the context of the private-sector workplace, although sexual and harassment based on discrimination were defined and punishable by law. The agreement has greatly improved the success rate of bullying claims and a bill is in preparation that should put victims of bullying on the same footing as victims of sexual harassment. This is expected to provide the final components of Luxembourg’s legal framework against bullying.
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SPAIN: Spain Says Arrested Man Planned to Imitate Columbine School Killings with University Attack
Spanish police reported that they had arrested a young man who had praised the 1999 Columbine school shooting and planned to carry out a copycat attack at a university in the island city of Palma de Mallorca using explosives. A police spokesman said that Spanish authorities had been monitoring the man - a 21-year-old Spaniard only identified by his initials J.M.M.S. - for five months after tracking postings on Spanish Web sites about the Columbine massacre back to the man's blog. The suspect openly declared his admiration for the perpetrators of the Columbine attacks and how he planned to place several bombs around a campus in Palma. He also wrote about his hatred for society and his fellow students, though investigators do not believe this hatred was ideologically motivated. The suspect tried on several occasions to procure guns for the attack, but was unable to do so and instead purchased some 300 pounds of bomb-making materials online, intending to construct shrapnel pipe bombs. Police arrested the suspect the same day that these materials were delivered.
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