Policy
A new corporate Healthy Workplace Policy came into effect on February 1, 2007. Nova Scotia is the second
provincial government in Canada to have a healthy workplace policy. To learn more about the policy and what you can do to make your
workplace a healthy, safe and supportive one, go to the Manual 500 
.
The policy is an umbrella policy which will link other existing healthy workplace related policies .
Nova Scotia Government’s Healthy Workplace Policy follows these guiding principles:
- A positive, healthy work environment contributes to an organization’s success. Healthy employees are essential to achieving a productive workforce.
- An individual’s health is influenced by many interconnected factors. Therefore, efforts to promote employee health must take a comprehensive healthy workplace approach that addresses as many of these factors as possible.
- A corporate healthy workplace culture responds to the diverse and unique needs of employees within individual departments.
- Participation by employees at all levels is key to successfully creating a sustainable, healthy workplace.
- The policy was developed after an extensive consultation process with employees, the Human Resource and OH&S communities, managers and Deputy Ministers. For details of employee consultations, please see the Synthesis Report .
