With Nova Scotia’s new Prevention of Harassment legislation effective September 1, 2025, what was once primarily a cultural HR issue is now a legal OHS requirement. Effective prevention requires HR and OHS to work together like never before.

Through the partnership between HURLEYHR and Sprout Safety, we provide a practical approach for Nova Scotia workplaces, combining HR systems, programs, and people-focused strategies with OHS expertise in risk management and compliance to create healthier workplaces.

Our collaborative work helps workplaces:

  • Align HR and OHS policies and processes to meet legislative requirements.
  • Protect employee confidentiality while maintaining safety and compliance.
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities for prevention, reporting, and investigation – HR, OHS, JOHSC, People Leaders.
  • Strengthen leadership development, training and workplace programs to proactively reduce psychosocial hazards and prevent harassment.

As subject matter experts, we have co-authored our “Now What?” series which translates this legal change into practical guidance, making it real for your workplace.

Each article focuses on role clarity, collaboration, and prevention strategies, showing how HR’s people lens and OHS’s systems lens can work together to reduce harm and create healthier, safer workplaces.

Articles in the series:

By combining HR and OHS perspectives, HURLEYHR and Sprout Safety are creating healthier and safe workplaces where prevention is embedded in daily operations, not just policy documents.

What’s Coming to Support Harassment Free Workplaces:

  • Resources to help
  • Professional development
  • JOHSC training and compliance toolkit 
  • Manager tools for the new reality

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