Last weekend, Columbus Blue Jackets new coach Mike Babcock resigned amid an NHL Players Association investigation into alleged misconduct.
The fact that players indeed raised conduct complaints following Babcock’s Toronto departure places into question how the NHL, just four years later, welcomed him back into the fold absent an investigation into the troubling allegations he left behind in Toronto.
While Babcock’s style may have been tolerated or even warmly received in a previous era, his alleged conduct not only warrants an investigation but in most provinces is legally required. Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act requires all employers to develop policy and implement programs to eliminate violence and bullying in the workplace. Workplace harassment can include offensive remarks that are embarrassing, humiliating or demeaning to a worker or group. It could also include a course of conduct or remarks that are intimidating.Article content
The Act also explicitly recognizes “psychological harassment” as a form of workplace harassment; the very form of harassment Babcock was accused of engaging in by multiple sources.The law in Ontario requires that workers must know how to report incidents and how the incident will be investigated. It also requires that the investigation outcomes are reported to the person who made the complaint.should not deter the league from completing its investigation into his conduct.
Resignations fail to impose consequences. They often absolve bad actors from accountability, allowing them to move on to new employment with an unblemished record.Share this article in your social network
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