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- Print number 3129a
- Amend and recommit to labor
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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Enacts the "school workplace violence prevention act"
In Assembly Committee · Labor · Sponsor Keith L.T. Wright
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BILL NUMBER:S3129A
Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to enacting the "school workplace violence prevention act"
Purpose
To establish workplace violence prevention programs in schools in order to ensure a safe work/learning environment for all employees and students alike.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would require school districts to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence. In addition, the bill authorizes public employees and representatives of public employees to request an inspection by the Department of Labor should the existence of a serious violation to a safety or health standard be imminent.
Justification
Workplace violence is an increasingly visible element in today's workplaces. It is one of the leading causes of death on the job in the united States and the leading cause of workplace fatalities for women. Violence, in general, is a substantial contributor to occupational injury and death, and homicide has become the second leading cause of occupational injury death as evident by an average of twenty murdered workers and 18,000 assaulted workers at work or on duty per a weekly basis.
Enactment of this bill would require school districts with at least twenty full-time permanent employees to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; to evaluate the potential risks of workplace violence that exist within their workplaces; and to develop and implement a written workplace violence prevention program in order to prevent and minimize the hazard of workplace violence to their employees.
The bill will help provide school districts with violence and hazard reduction strategies by opening collaborative dialogue between school administration, teachers and other school-related professionals, and assist in efforts to identify potential security gaps or other workplace hazards in mitigating those threats and hazards. A workplace violence prevention program should include a system for documenting incidents and procedures to be taken in the event of incidents.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Fiscal implications of $287,000 for the Department of Labor and the hiring of three new inspectors.
Effective date
Shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it becomes law, with provisions.
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