Employers must provide this mandatory training:
- Upon initial creation and implementation of their workplace violence prevention plan;
- Annually, thereafter; and
- Anytime a change is made to the plan.
California law sets strict and complex requirements for the contents of the mandatory workplace violence prevention training including a customization requirement. CalChamber’s expertly designed training course helps employers efficiently and effectively meet those requirements by providing an organized template that addresses:
- What is workplace violence.
- Workplace violence prevention plan basics.
- Workplace violence hazard identification and correction.
- Workplace violence incident reporting and response.
- Practical, real-life scenarios to test and reinforce employee understanding.
The training template includes easy-to-use tools to allow employers to customize the training to the specifics of their workplace violence prevention plan, as required by the law. To use this training course:
- It is recommended you already have your Workplace Violence Prevention Plan created so you can easily answer the questions asked in the template. If you don’t, we have created a step-by-step guide to help you create that plan: Workplace Violence Prevention Toolkit
- If you have multiple work locations, you need a customized plan for each site, which can be input into a single template when customizing this training course.
- Anytime your plan is updated, you’ll be able to easily update the training template and retrain your employees (if the course seats are still active), which is also mandatory any time a plan changes.
Please note the training requirement doesn’t apply if:
- An employer already complies with the Violence Prevention in Health Care regulations.
- The employer has employees working at a place of employment that is not accessible to the public and where less than 10 employees are working there at any given time.
- Employees telework from a location of the employee’s choice that is not under the employer’s control.