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Legal recourse for workplace violence and/or harassment – Civil Claims and Criminal Charges
This web page discusses how a victim might choose to file a civil lawsuit or have police lay criminal charges when there has been workplace violence or harassment. It explains what kinds of civil lawsuits can be filed, what it means to sue someone in civil court, when and how police can lay criminal charges, and how to secure evidence in the case of stalking or rape.
Produced in 2008
Produced by Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN)
Topics Criminal Law - Rights of victims; Employment and Work - Employment standards
Format Web
Relates to region Across Ontario; Canada
Available as
| http://www.owjn.org/owjn_2009/index.php?option=com_content&v iew=article&id=116&Itemid=107 English , Web Page |
For more information contact
Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN)
Web site www.owjn.org