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.

HURLEYHR provides a practical approach for Nova Scotia workplaces, combining HR systems, programs, and people-focused strategies with OHS partnerships to provide expertise to create healthier workplaces.

This 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.

The “Now What?” series 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:

Contact HURLEYHR to discuss your requirements and develop a customized plan.