Harassment in the workplace has far-reaching effects on the health and well-being of workers, as well as on their job tenure, job stability and job satisfaction. It may also have an impact on the overall economy resulting from costs associated with absenteeism, lost productivity and job turnover.
As noted in a recent Statistics Canada report on harassment in Canadian workplaces…
Harassment in the workplace has far-reaching effects on the health and well-being of workers, as well as on their job tenure, job stability and job satisfaction. It may also have an impact on the overall economy resulting from costs associated with absenteeism, lost productivity and job turnover.
Harassment in health-related occupations is particularly high. Workers in health occupations experienced the highest probability of reporting harassment on the job in the past 12 months at 23%. Furthermore, women in health occupations experienced workplace harassment significantly more than women in all other occupations with the exception of management and sales and services occupations.1 Knowledge and research are core values of the CDAA and in 2018 the CDAA partnered with the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) in developing a Healthy and Respectful Workplace survey. The goal was to complete a survey of the CDAA membership to collect feedback on the scope of issues related to healthy and respectful workplaces. A further objective of the survey was to gain a better understanding of the incidence of workplace issues related to harassment, bullying, abusive and violent behavior.
This report presents the findings for the CDAA Healthy and Respectful Workplace survey.
The survey was launched through CDAA Organizational Members in November 2018 and a total of 674 members completed the survey by mid-December, representing a 16% response rate.