Status of Women committee  The policies always have to be posted and visible. It doesn't mean there is no training. The minimum requirement set by the code is every three years.

Status of Women committee  It's up to employers to decide if they want to increase the frequency. Of course, when you have new employees who come into the workforce, they would either go through an orientation program or they would be informed of what's available.

Status of Women committee  We do follow up. That is part of our compliance activities. We'll follow up either through proactive measures, like inspections, or through a reactive measure. If we receive a complaint from an employee, then we'll do an investigation. We will verify, during inspections or investigations, whether the provisions of the code were adhered to.

Status of Women committee  We have what we call an intervention model, which enables us to target high-risk industries such as the road transport sector. We target our inspections in those areas first and foremost to ensure that the policies are adhered to.

Status of Women committee  No, it's in an overall context. When we look at our data, if it's under part II, it's how many hazardous occurrences, fatalities, and investigations there are. Under part III, it's how many investigations we do. We then determine which ones are the high-risk industries.

Status of Women committee  It is a shared responsibility. The best way to define how to divide those responsibilities, and how we use the training and how we define, educate, and do counselling is when it comes to the actual training component. The training of the employees falls within the responsibility of the employers, whereas the educational piece falls within the labour program.

Status of Women committee  The employer has the responsibility to educate their employees on acceptable behaviour in the workplace. The responsibilities are a little bit different under part II than under part III, so I'll present them separately. Under part II, the occupational health and safety component, in accordance with the violence prevention regulations, all employees in a workplace unit must receive training from their employer in any skills that would allow them to identify, prevent, or avoid any workplace violence.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the opportunity to come and speak to you today on behalf of HRSDC and the labour program. The labour program administers the Canada Labour Code, which covers labour relations, which is part I, occupational health and safety, which is part II, and labour standards, which is part III, for federally regulated, private sector employers.