Response: Bill 132 amends the OHSA to require that the written program to implement the workplace harassment policy be developed and maintained in
consultation with the joint health and safety committee or safety representative, as the case may be.
Such
consultation may occur at many levels:
consultation to pastors concerning problem clients
with whom they are working;
consultation to a pastor and the church administration regarding human relation problems in the congregation;
consultation to groups or programs in a congregation that are designed to assist people in the church;
consultation to a local, regional, or denominational administration in regard to evaluation of religious candidates, human relations problems in the administration, or denominational programming related to mental
health issues;
consultation to a group of churches who sponsor a
joint community program.