California Employers Face New Requirements for Workplace Violence Prevention and Reporting
California employers are facing new regulations regarding workplace violence prevention and reporting. The proposed Cal/OSHA rule mandates that employers implement procedures for reporting threats and incidents of violence, conduct thorough investigations, and maintain detailed records. Key aspects include training managers on triage and escalation, establishing consistent investigation processes that protect confidentiality, and documenting findings and corrective actions. Employers must also maintain a violent incident log for every occurrence, capturing details such as date, time, location, type of violence, a detailed description, perpetrator classification, relevant circumstances, and resulting protective actions. Personal identifying information must be omitted from these logs. Additionally, hazard-identification, evaluation, and correction records, along with violent incident logs and incident-investigation records, must be retained for at least five years, while training records need to be kept for...
