What You Permit, You Promote: Protecting Psychological Safety in the Everyday – June 19

BCLMA’s Fraser Valley Subsection Event –
What You Permit, You Promote: Protecting Psychological Safety in the Everyday (Part 2 of Workplace Complaint Triage Series)

Not every complaint leads to a formal investigation, but some behaviours still leave a lasting mark.

This session explores the “grey zone” of workplace behaviour, including micromanaging, gaslighting, gatekeeping, passive-aggressiveness, and chronic negativity that may not always violate policy but quietly erode culture, morale, and psychological safety.

In this session, we’ll explore how to build shared language around respectful conduct and support leaders in having the tough conversations they often avoid. We’ll also examine the implications of WorkSafeBC’s March 2025 updates regarding psychological harm and their impact on HR professionals and workplace leaders today.

What you’ll take away:
✔ Clear strategies to address disruptive behaviours before they escalate.
✔ Behavioural agreements you can implement with teams or embed into policy.
✔ Tools to coach managers through early intervention conversations.
✔ A deeper understanding of your role in protecting psychological safety.

 Key Topics:

• Defining the “Grey Zone”
  • What makes a behaviour problematic, but not technically a policy violation?
• WorkSafeBC’s March 2025 Update
  • The expanded focus on psychological harm in the workplace.
  • Why employers must now proactively address subtle but harmful behaviours.
• From Compliance to Culture
  • The difference between legal risk and cultural risk.
  • Why low-impact behaviours have high-impact consequences.
• Creating a Common Language
  • How to develop team or organizational behavioural agreements.
  • Phrases that support clarity and accountability.
• Coaching Managers Through Growth Conversations
  • Tips for supporting leaders and managers to address subtle but harmful behaviours without overreacting or escalating.
  • Sample conversation openers that reduce defensiveness.
  • Explore the significance of growth-focused conversations.

Who Should Attend:

This session is designed for HR professionals, people managers, supervisors, legal and administrative leaders, HR committee members or advisors, and anyone managing complaints.

We hope you’ll consider attending in person. The lunch is being sponsored.
If you are joing via zoom the link will be sent out 2 days prior and the recording will be available to those who have registered and paid.

For more information contact Cheryl Scott, Fraser Valley Subsection Chair, cscott@cbmlawyers.com