Harassment is defined in the OHS Act as “a single incident or repeated incidents of objectionable or unwelcome conduct, comment, bullying or action by a person that the person knows or ought reasonably to know will or would cause offence or humiliation to a worker, or adversely affect the worker’s health and safety”. Harassment includes: conduct, comment, bullying or action because of race, religious beliefs, colour, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, and a sexual solicitation or advance. Harassment does not include any reasonable conduct of an employer or supervisor that has to do with managing a worker or work site. For example, a supervisor giving feedback to a worker is not considered harassment unless the manner in which the supervisor gives the feedback is not appropriate. Violence is defined in the OHS Act as “the threatened, attempted or actual conduct of a person that causes or is likely to cause physical or psychological injury or harm, and includes domestic or sexual violence.” Workplace violence includes violence at a work site or violence that is work-related. For more information about workplace harassment and violence see the Government of Alberta webpage called Workplace harassment and violence. Last Reviewed: December 2021