# Violence & Harassment #### Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), workplace violence means: - The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker; - An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker; and - A statement or behavior that it is reasonable for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker. --- ### Resources: - [Violence in Schools and the Work Refusal Process.pdf](/sites/default/files/2024-11/Violence%20in%20Schools%20and%20the%20Work%20Refusal%20Process.pdf) (149.95 KB) - [Addressing Violence Classroom.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/Addressing%20Violence%20Classroom.pdf) - [ETFO Action on Violence in Schools - Poster.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/ETFO%20Action%20on%20Violence%20in%20Schools%20-%20Poster.pdf) - [ETFO Action on Violence in Schools - Glossary.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/ETFO%20Action%20on%20Violence%20in%20Schools%20-%20Glossary.pdf) - [ETFO Action on Violence in Schools - Brochure.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/ETFO%20Action%20on%20Violence%20in%20Schools%20-%20Brochure.pdf) - [ETFO Violence in Schools Poster.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/ETFO%20Violence%20in%20Schools%20Poster.pdf) - [Bill 168 Protects Educational Personnel from Violence and Harassment in the Workplace.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/Bill%20168%20Protects%20Educational%20Personnel%20from%20Violence%20and%20Harassment%20in%20the%20Workplace.pdf) - [Workplace Violence in School Boards - A Guide to the Law.pdf](/system/files/2024-10/Workplace%20Violence%20in%20School%20Boards%20-%20A%20Guide%20to%20the%20Law.pdf) - [Safe for Everyone - Pamphlet.pdf](/sites/default/files/2025-11/Safe%20for%20Everyone%20-%20Pamphlet.pdf) (1.37 MB) - [Student Dysregulation and Violence.pdf](/sites/default/files/2024-10/Student%20Dysregulation%20and%20Violence.pdf) (171.81 KB) - [Workplace Harassment and Sexual Harassment.pdf](/sites/default/files/2024-10/Workplace%20Harassment%20and%20Sexual%20Harassment.pdf) (330.43 KB) --- [See addtional resources about work refusal](/work-refusal "Work Refusal")