Program Review

The District Safety Committee, which includes authorized employee representatives, a Board of Education liaison, parents, and law enforcement shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Workplace Violence Prevention Program and a summary of reports submitted, at least annually or after any serious incident.

Review of Incident Reports

Each incident report must be investigated by the employer (or the employer’s designated WPV team) when the incident occurs.

An annual review of the incident reports collected shall be reviewed by the Local Education Agency (LEA), Designated Workplace Violence Administrator/Officer, and Authorized Employee Representative(s). A report that provides only a summary or statistics is not acceptable per the regulation.

Program Review

Review of the program, where the mitigating actions taken in response to any incident, shall be reviewed at least annually and the review will need to focus on trends, addressing root cause, and the effectiveness of the control measures in place or the need to make changes. The review will also assess whether the reporting and record keeping systems have been effective in collecting all relevant information. Appendix 5 will be updated with titles of those who perform the review.

Following the submission of a written notice of concern regarding the employer’s workplace violence program or that an imminent danger exists, the employer must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to address the reported concern. If the employee or authorized employee representative believes that the reported concern has not been resolved and a serious violation of the District workplace violence prevention program still exists, the employee or authorized employee representative may request an inspection by notifying the Commissioner of Labor.

Additional information may be found here - https://dol.ny.gov/workplace-safety