IMPORTANT NOTICE
SHARP Workplaces Legal Advice Clinic will cease providing legal services in March 2024 as our funding is coming to an end. We may have limited capacity to assist new clients.
We will not be able to accept new clients after FEBRUARY 23, 2024.
If you have experienced sexual assault and need free legal advice, contact Stand Informed legal advice services.
If you have experienced workplace sexual harassment, the following organizations may be able to assist:
- CLAS’ BC Human Rights Clinic for provincial human rights complaints
- Access Pro Bono for brief advice or lawyer referrals
- Worker’s Advisers Office for workers compensation claims or workplace bullying and harassment
- Worker’s Solidarity Network for employment standards and human rights complaints if you are a non-unionized worker
CLAS has partnered with Ending Violence Association of BC to address workplace sexual harassment through the SHARP Workplaces Program.
CLAS provides legal advice and in partnership with the Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC), free Education and Training on preventing and addressing sexual harassment in the workplace to non-profits, Indigenous organizations, and small businesses.
Our goal is to support workplaces to ensure respectful workplace environments to prevent sexual harassment and develop trauma-informed policies and procedures to handle complaints in a sensitive, respectful manner to all involved.
SHARP Workplaces is supported by funding from the Department of Justice Canada. For more information and free resources on workplace sexual harassment for workers and employers, visit the SHARP Workplaces website.