--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | DOSH description: DOSH | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [California adopts general requirements for workplace violence prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-general-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Dec 15, 2023 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/jon_f_elliott.jpg?width=190&height=227&name=jon_f_elliott.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-general-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) On September 30, 2023, California’s governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 553, which expands the state’s workplace violence prevention (WVP) requirements, adding duties and rights for most employers in the state. Most importantly, SB 553 requires all non-exempt employers in the state to create WVP plans. These expanded requirements will be administered by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH, but generally referred to as “Cal/OSHA”), which already administers WVP planning requirements for healthcare employers (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-for-health-care-facilities)), and has been working on a general rule (I wrote about the latest draft [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-again-considering-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention)). The remainder of this note discusses SB 553, which takes effect on January 1, 2024 but remains subject to further rulemakings. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-general-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-general-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention#comments-listing) Tags: [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [California](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california), [DOSH](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/dosh), [WVP](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/wvp), [IIPP](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/iipp) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved