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California Senate OKs Bill Requiring Employer Violence-Prevention Measures

June 2, 2023 at 4:52 PM
The California state Senate has passed a controversial bill to require employers to include workplace violence-prevention measures in their existing employee-safety plans -- an effort driven by dissatisfaction with the pace of California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) rulemaking to establish a first-time workplace violence prevention standard for sectors outside healthcare. SB 553 by state Sen. Sen. Dave Cortese (D), also authorizes workers who have suffered “unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence” to seek temporary restraining orders (TROs) against others. “With...

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