Workplace Violence prevention Program

State senate bill 553 requires employers to implement a workplace violence program for most California businesses open to the public, with ten or more employees working at a time. This bill was founded in the aftermath of a mass shooting incident at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in 2021.

• Prohibit employee retaliation
• Responding to reports of workplace violence
• Employee workplace violence training and communication
• Emergency response
• Workplace violence hazard assessments
• Other requirements, such as maintaining a violent incident log
• Regulated by CAL OSHA 

• Provides in-house or electronic training in the areas of workplace violence prevention techniques, active shooter awareness, critical incident management, de-escalation training
• Review and creation of emergency actions plans, including site threat assessments. 
• Help create a workplace violence program to meet CAL OSHA requirements. 
• Training available in SPANISH as well.

• Every covered employer is required to establish, implement, and maintain an effective workplace violence prevention plan. 
• Plan must be in effect at all times and in all work areas.
• The written plan may be incorporated as a stand-alone section in the written injury and illness prevention program required by section 3203 Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.

• Employees working remotely
• Workplaces not open to the public with less than ten employees with an IIPP
• Healthcare Facilities (Although healthcare has its own Workplace Violence Prevention Program)