The law and regulations require a written outline or lesson plan for employee program training to be included in the written workplace violence prevention program.
The laws and regulations require an agency to provide each employee with information and training on the risks of workplace violence in their workplace locations. Training should occur:
- At the time of the employee’s initial assignment
- At least annually thereafter
- Whenever significant changes have been made to the agency’s workplace violence prevention program
At a minimum, the training should include:
- What is required within the regulations, 12 NYCRR 800.6
- The risk factors identified in the evaluation and determination (with the exception of information kept confidential for security reasons)
- Measures that employees can take to protect themselves from the identified risks including specific procedures implemented to protect employees such as:
- Incident alert and notification procedures
- Appropriate work practices
- Emergency procedures
- Use of security alarms and other devices
- Location of the written workplace violence program
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