Prevention of Harassment in the Workplace Policy Statement

Policy Statement Revision: July 23, 2008

Mike Dean’s Super Food Stores is committed ensuring all management and employees are treated fairly in the workplace and will be provided a workplace free of harassment.

We will not tolerate behaviour from anyone (customers, fellow employees, management, suppliers, or drivers) that demeans, belittles, or causes personal embarrassment to an employee. Mike Dean’s Super Food Stores will take whatever steps are appropriate to protect our employees from potential harassment in the workplace .

Specifically, sexual harassment is any conduct, comment, gesture, or contact of sexual nature that causes offence or humiliation to an employee - male or female.

Management Responsibilities

Management will:

Ensure all steps are taken to minimize the risk to our employees from harassment in the workplace
Report and investigate all incidents of harassment
Ensure confidentiality of complaints

Employee Responsibilities

Employees will:

Employees are required to immediately report any incident of harassment to their supervisor
Employees are required to continually assess workplace harassment hazards to their supervisor

No manager or employee will be penalized or reprimanded when acting in good faith while following the procedures for addressing incidents of harassment in the workplace.

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