1、Written By_Last Updated_ContentsIntroduction . Page 3How to use this Guide Page 3What is Workplace Violence . Page 4Typology of Workplace Violence . Page 4Elements of an Effective Workplace Violence Prevention Program Page 5Getting Started Page 5The Workplace Violence Policy Statement Page 6 Program
2、 Development . Page 6Risk Evaluation and determination . Page 7Implementation of Prevention Control Measures . Page 8The Workplace Violence Prevention Program . Page 9Employee Information and Training Page 9Recordkeeping . . Page 10Program Effectiveness and Employer Commitment . Page 10Discriminatio
3、n . Page 11Post-Incident Response . Page 11Sample Policy Statement Appendix 1Workplace Violence Incident Report . Appendix 2Workplace Security Checklists. . Appendix 3Sample Employee Questionnaire . Appendix 4 Focus Group Information. Appendix 5 IntroductionOn June 7, 2006 New York State enacted Art
4、icle 2 Section 27-b of the New York State Labor Law entitled The Workplace Violence Prevention Act for Public Employees. This law requires public employers to develop and implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, employers with 20 or more full time employees must develop their plan in writing.
5、 Schools covered under the school safety plan requirements of the education law are exempt from this requirement.The law required that the New York State Department of Labor （NYSDOL） promulgate regulations detailing implementation of the provisions of the law. NYSDOL has drafted 12 NYCRR Part 800.6
6、“Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention Programs” （WVPP） to fulfill that obligation. The Department received comments from a number of public employers and public employee unions prior to preparing the regulation for publication in the State Register. The proposed regulation was published for
7、 the second and final comment period in the State Register on 9/19/2007. There is a 45 day period in which interested parties may comment on the regulation, and a public hearing is scheduled for November 20, 2007. Although the regulation will not be in its final form until after that time, the frame
8、work in the regulations should be used to guide the establishment of public employer workplace violence prevention programs. The regulations are based on the requirements in Section 27-b and incorporate many of the related principles found in successful Safety and Health Management Programs.How to U
9、se this GuideThe guide may be used to assist public employers and public employees in understanding key steps in establishing a public employer WVPP. A critical starting point is establishing a process that includes the key stakeholders in an agency, reviewing requirements in the law and draft regul
10、ations, evaluating existing agency programs, and then working to address gaps identified in the review. This guidebook is designed to assist public employers and public employee union leaders so that they can build programs that comply with the law and beyond that, reduce injuries, costs, and associ
11、ated negative impacts on agency operations that are caused by workplace violence. The guide is a tool to help in tailoring programs to the actual needs and conditions of different types of public employment covered by the law. Different interventions should be developed based on the type of work tha
12、t is being performed and type of exposures that are experienced. Public employees work in field service, institutional, and administrative settings located in rural, suburban, and urban areas. Conducting a comprehensive risk assessment, with input from those at risk, is critical to developing an eff
13、ective WVPP. What is Workplace Violence?12 NYCRR PART 800.6 defines workplace violence as “Any physical assault, threatening behavior, verbal abuse occurring where the public employee performs any work-related duty in the course of his or her employment”. Various high profile cases affecting the New
14、 York State public sector included: The death of four Watkins Glen social service workers who were murdered by a client whose check was being garnished for non payment of child support The murder of a Buffalo mental health intensive case manager by a patient during a home visit The stabbing of a state public relations officer in her office by a citizen who was enraged by certain state policiesHigh profile events like thes
