Legislation also calls for employers to provide first aid to employees who have been injured in the incident
The California Senate has passed legislation that prevents employers from requiring workers to confront active shooters or shoplifters.
Passed May 31, Senate Bill 553 contains provisions prohibiting employers from maintaining such policies.
“With growing awareness of workplace violence, California needs smarter guidelines to keep workers safe in the office or on the job site,” said Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), in a CSA report.
“Under my SB 553, employers would be prohibited from forcing their workers to confront active shoplifters, and all retail employees would be trained on how to react to active shoplifting. The legislation has other provisions that keep people safe at work. Let’s take every reasonable step to prevent another workplace assault or shooting.”
The bill requires that, should such incidents happen, employers record information in a violent incident log about every incident, post-incident response and workplace violence injury investigation performed.
“Information about each incident shall be based on information solicited from the employees who experienced the workplace violence,” according to SB 553.
The information recorded in the violent incident log shall include, among others:
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