5-405: Workplace Violence Prevention

Purpose

The purpose of the Workplace Violence Prevention Policy is to provide guidance to all Sacramento County (County) employees on workplace violence prevention and to direct County Departments to create a clearly understood, accessible, and actionable workplace violence prevention plan for their worksites.

Authority

• California Labor Code section 6400, 6401.9
• Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)​
• County of Sacramento Code, Title 2, Chapter 2.09, Article 3, Sections 320 and 330.
• California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3203

Scope

All County Elected Officials and employees.

​Policy

County is committed to providing a work environment free from the fear of violence, aggression, intimidation and/or harassment, by responding to all threats and supporting all possible methods of workplace violence prevention. Therefore, it is the policy of the County to prohibit workplace violence in any form.

Each Department and Office, hereinafter referred to as “Department", is required to maintain individual Workplace Violence Prevention Plans (WVPP). The Department of Personnel Services (DPS) has created a template that can be filled out and adapted to the operational needs of each Department.

Each Department shall complete a WVPP and submit to the DPS for review annually by October 1.

Policy Sections:

• Definitions
• Education and Training Requirements
• ​Workplace Violence Incident Log
• Department Responsibilities
• Internal Resources and Responsibilities
• Reporting Workplace Violence Incidents and Investigations
• Recordkeeping

County employees may notify DPS with concerns about this policy's effectiveness at DPSSACCOSafety@saccounty.gov. 

This policy will be reviewed annually, as State regulations change, when a deficiency in the policy is observed or becomes apparent, and after a workplace violence incident. It will be updated by DPS as needed.