California Workplace Violence Prevention Plan

California employers of any size are required to create and implement a written Workplace Violence Prevention plan beginning July 1, 2024.  The plan must be easily accessible to employees and to Cal/OSHA.

The Workplace Violence Prevention plan should include effective interactive Workplace Violence Prevention training, to be conducted annually.  A detailed Workplace Violence Incident Log must be maintained and kept for a minumim fo 5 years.

Employers are also required to establish a Workplace Violence reporting procedure  and an emergency response plan.

The following are workplace exceptions:

1. Locations where employees work remotely which are not controlled by their employer

2. Locations that are not open to the public and has less than 10 employees