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Monday, August 23, 2021

Women in Construction

A five-part series exploring best practices to recruit and retain women in the construction workplace

Best Practice #3

Post and implement a workplace respect policy.

Creating and enforcing a workplace respect policy is an effective way to improve workplace culture and address norms that may negatively affect women in the industry. These policies help create a safer environment by clearly identifying and addressing behaviour that violates standards of respect.

Violations of respect include unprofessional conduct, harassment, and workplace violence. When workplace policies are established, practiced, and enforced, productivity increases and communication is more effective. Improved workplace respect also helps site supervisors spend less time managing workplace harassment issues, which frees them up to focus more on daily tasks.