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OTTAWA — A new harassment policy has been unveiled to cover MPs’ conduct with their employees, both on Parliament Hill and any place where inappropriate behaviour ‘‘might reasonably be perceived” to affect working relationships.

The 19-page policy, released Wednesday, provides MPs and staff a detailed process to follow if a staffer complains about mistreatment. An all-party Commons board approved the policy behind closed doors Tuesday, weeks after two NDP MPs were taken to court by former staffers who alleged wrongful dismissal.

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It also comes as the Commons struggles to deal with misconduct allegations that two female NDP MPs have levelled against two male Liberal MPs. That situation led the Liberals to name an outside investigator to review the allegations against Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti. The new policy does not directly address MP-to-MP accusations.

But the policy is meant to get a better handle on a problem some staffers have complained about for years: that they can be targets of verbal abuse by their employers — MPs or senators — with little recourse, for fear they will lose their jobs. Political staffers work at the pleasure of their MP or senator, meaning they can be hired and fired at any time.