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Rainy River (Town) v. Olsen, 2017 ONCA 605 (CanLII)

[2] On this appeal, counsel’s focus was on whether the application judge erred in refusing to issue a declaration that Mr. Olsen’s conduct breached the Town’s “Violence Free in the Workplace Policy” and the “Harassment Policy” under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, on the basis that the Town has a duty to protect its workers under the terms of the Act.

[3] The application judge found, at para. 35, that neither the Occupational Health and Safety Act nor the Town’s policy under it had any application to Mr. Olsen, since the harassment occurred outside the workplace and Mr. Olsen is not a worker or co-worker as defined by the Act. We see no error in this determination.