The primary objective of the Workplace Violence and Prevention Plan is to prevent and/or eliminate workplace violence as follows:
- Establish and maintain an effective WVPP;
- Provide a safe working environment;
- Establish policies, training, and communications to improve workplace violence prevention; and,
- Provide written records of workplace violence incidents and investigations, in accordance with the Plan.
Workplace violence is defined any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs in a place of employment, including, but not limited to, the following:
the threat or use of physical force against an employee that results in, or has a high likelihood of resulting in, injury, psychological trauma, or stress, regardless of whether the employee sustains an injury;
an incident involving a threat or use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon, including the use of common objects as weapons, regardless of whether the employee sustains an injury; and
the following four types of workplace violence: Type 1 violence: Workplace violence committed by a person who has no legitimate business at the worksite, and includes violent acts by anyone who enters the workplace or approaches employees with the intent to commit a crime. Type 2 violence: Workplace violence directed at employees by students or visitors. Type 3 violence: Workplace violence against an employee by a present or former employee, supervisor, or manager. Type 4 violence: Workplace violence committed in the workplace by a person who does not work there, but has or is known to have had a personal relationship with an employee
Please use this form to:
- Provide suggestions, feedback or concerns regarding the Plan and/or violence at PUSD.
- Report a potential workplace violence hazard anonymously.
- Report violent incident in your workplace. (Also available in Appendix A of Workplace Violence Prevention Plan.)
