TAG’s California Workplace Violence Prevention Package
TAG’s California Workplace Violence Prevention Package eases the burden for employers to comply with the new California Workplace Violence Prevention requirements before the July 1, 2024, deadline.
California’s new requirements, stemming from SB 553, are found in Labor Code section 6401.9. This new law requires employers with 10 or more employees at a California location at any given time or with a location accessible to the public to take specific steps to prevent and respond to workplace violence, including a lengthy list of requirements for a workplace violence prevention plan, training, record keeping, and record retention.
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TAG’s Model California Compliance Package
California Senate Bill No. 553 (“SB 553”), which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 20, 2023, requires covered California employers to take steps to prevent and respond to workplace violence, including a lengthy list of requirements for a workplace violence prevention plan, training, record keeping, and record retention.
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Preventing Employee Suicide
Suicide and other mental health issues loom large in the lives of a growing proportion of employees as the tolls of the pandemic and uncertainties in the political and economic landscapes create a heavier burden of anxiety and depression among employees and their families.
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Liability for the Crime of Your Employee
Roy Holden, Jr., a cable technician working for Charter Communications performed a service call at the home of 83-year-old Mrs. Betty Thomas in 2019 and returned the next day while off duty in a company van wearing his work uniform. Holden stole credit cards from Mrs. Thomas’ purse and fatally stabbed her with a tool from his company toolbox. Holden confessed to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
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It's Stalking Awareness month: Do you know what do to if your employee or co-worker has a stalker?
Stalking—unwanted surveillance and contact that causes reasonable fear—affects just under 4 million Americans 16 and older each year. Of these victims, over 2 million will miss more than 5 days at work annually because of the unwanted harassment from their offender. *Presenteeism, or loss of productivity at work is also a major issue affecting stalking victims and their employers. In 2016, the financial costs of stalking, which include productivity loss and health services, amounted to $604 million dollars for companies in the United States.
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Famed Forensic Psychiatrist to Evaluate Software Billionaire Charged in $2B Tax Evasion Scheme
Robert Brockman—the software billionaire charged in the largest tax evasion case in American history, who has since claimed to have a form of dementia—will be evaluated by a team of three doctors, including Park Dietz, the most famous forensic psychiatrist in the country.
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THE SAN JOSE WORKPLACE MASS MURDER
On Wednesday, May 26th, 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy, a maintenance worker and nine-year employee of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) entered his workplace in San Jose, CA, with two 9 mm pistols. He opened fire at a union meeting and fatally shot nine co-workers, firing an estimated 30-40 rounds.
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Staying Safe During Civil Unrest
As the U.S. experiences a wave of civil unrest, our clients have asked us to prepare materials to help keep their employees safe.
Call today if you’d like to preview TAG’s video on “Staying Safe During Civil Unrest." Both the video and a print version of the material are available immediately for purchase, license, or customization.
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Making Sense of COVID-19 Statistics
by Park Dietz, MD, MPH, PhD
The news is filled with statistics about COVID-19, many of which do not mean what you may believe they mean, and some of which are devoid of meaning. Any educated consumer of information—and certainly anyone who has taken an introductory course in statistics, sociology, political science, or epidemiology—would know that frequency data (e.g., the number of people with a disease) can’t be interpreted to estimate disease risk without considering the number of people in the population (e.g., the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population).
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