--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Workplace violence description: Workplace violence | 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 ## [New Hampshire becomes latest state to require employers to allow guns at work](https://blog.stpub.com/new-hampshire-becomes-latest-state-to-require-employers-to-allow-guns-at-work) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Mar 07, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Handgun.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/new-hampshire-becomes-latest-state-to-require-employers-to-allow-guns-at-work) One important issue for employers to consider in their workplace safety and workplace violence prevention efforts is whether to allow employees to bring weapons to work, and if so whether to place limitations on their storage or handling – locked in an employee’s vehicle, for example. Many employers prohibit weapons on workplace premises, including the US Postal Service via its regulations (39 CFR 232.1.) In recent years, however, increasing numbers of states restrict or even prohibit employers from limiting employee weapons, at least in parked vehicles. Most recently, on January 1, 2025 New Hampshire became the latest state to block employer restrictions.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/new-hampshire-becomes-latest-state-to-require-employers-to-allow-guns-at-work) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/new-hampshire-becomes-latest-state-to-require-employers-to-allow-guns-at-work#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [Compliance Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/compliance-safety), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Gun Laws](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/gun-laws) ## [New York adopts workplace violence requirements for retailers](https://blog.stpub.com/new-york-adopts-workplace-violence-requirements-for-retailers) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Sep 26, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-lkloeppel-466685.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/new-york-adopts-workplace-violence-requirements-for-retailers) On September 5, New York’s governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (A8947-C/S8358-C) to require employers to take steps to protect employees in retail stores from workplace violence (NY Labor Law sec. 27-e). The new law assigns the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) to develop model policy and training documents for use by employers. Most requirements are effective as of March 4, 2025. These retail workplace violence prevention (WVP) requirements are comparable to public sector employer requirements in place since 2007 (NY Labor Law sec. 27-b), which are also administered and enforced by NYDOL. The rest of this note describes these new requirements.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/new-york-adopts-workplace-violence-requirements-for-retailers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/new-york-adopts-workplace-violence-requirements-for-retailers#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [safety violations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-violations) ## [Saskatchewan extending workplace violence prevention requirements to all employers](https://blog.stpub.com/saskatchewan-extending-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-to-all-employers) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Mar 07, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Office_workers.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/saskatchewan-extending-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-to-all-employers) Saskatchewan’s Employment Act (SEA) requires employers to take action to protect their employees against workplace violence. Since 1997, express requirements have applied to workplaces “prescribed” by regulations based on higher hazards; effective on May 17, 2024 these requirements apply in all workplaces, implementing SEA amendments enacted in 2023 by Bill 91 (“The Saskatchewan Employment (Part III) Amendment Act, 2022”). The rest of this summarizes workplace violence prevention (WVP) requirements set forth in the SEA, and in regulations issued and administered by the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Division of Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/saskatchewan-extending-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-to-all-employers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/saskatchewan-extending-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-to-all-employers#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [safety violations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-violations), [OHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ohs), [SEA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sea) ## [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) ## [Canada ratifies international workplace violence prevention treaty and prepares to meet requirements](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-ratifies-international-workplace-violence-prevention-treaty-and-prepares-to-meet-requirements) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Jul 07, 2023 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Canada-May-21-2021-08-51-52-41-PM-2.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-ratifies-international-workplace-violence-prevention-treaty-and-prepares-to-meet-requirements) Canada has ratified International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190, the “Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019” (also referred to as C190). Ratification was made on January 30, 2023, to become effective January 30, 2024. Canada will consider ILO’s “Recommendation 206,” which provides guidelines on how to apply C190, accounting for complementary roles by governments, workers and employers, and their respective organizations. Readers should note that Canada was intimately involved in the development of C190, proving the chair of the ILO Standard-Setting Committee on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work at the 2018 and the 2019 International Labour Conference. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-ratifies-international-workplace-violence-prevention-treaty-and-prepares-to-meet-requirements) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-ratifies-international-workplace-violence-prevention-treaty-and-prepares-to-meet-requirements#comments-listing) Tags: [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Canada](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/canada), [ILO](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ilo), [C190](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/c190) ## [OSHA revises and expands its Severe Violator Enforcement Program](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-expands-its-severe-violator-enforcement-program) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Oct 03, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/construction.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-expands-its-severe-violator-enforcement-program) The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) applies wide-ranging authority to enforce its regulatory standards on subject employers. OSHA organizes this authority through a variety of enforcement programs, including a Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) focused on “employers that have demonstrated indifference to their OSH Act obligations by committing willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations.” On September 15, 2022, OSHA revised SVEP for the first time since 2010, significantly expanding its scope (Directive CPL 02-00-169, SVEP (9/15/22)). The rest of this note discusses SVEP, highlighting the latest revisions. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-expands-its-severe-violator-enforcement-program) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-expands-its-severe-violator-enforcement-program#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence) ## [OSHA identifies 10 most frequently cited violations](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-identifies-10-most-frequently-cited-violations) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Jul 25, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/safety.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-identifies-10-most-frequently-cited-violations) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published its annual list of the “Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards” for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The tabulation covers October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021; OSHA delays its annual publication to allow time for inspections during a fiscal year to produce citations if appropriate. (I wrote about OSHA inspection procedures and priorities [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-its-inspection-priority-weighting-system)). The remainder of this note summarizes the new list. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-identifies-10-most-frequently-cited-violations) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-identifies-10-most-frequently-cited-violations#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [violations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/violations), [safety violations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-violations) ## [California again considering requirements for workplace violence prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/california-again-considering-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Jun 27, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/WV.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-again-considering-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) On May 22, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH, but generally referred to as “Cal/OSHA”) issued its latest revised discussion draft of a regulatory standard mandating workplace violence prevention (WVP) steps for employers in “general industry” (potential 8 CCR 3343). This draft revives an effort that began in 2017, when the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) responded to a schoolteacher’s petition that the state enact a WVP standard for educational settings by agreeing to consider one for all settings not covered by its standard for WVP in healthcare settings (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adopts-workplace-violence-prevention-requirements-for-health-care-facilities)). The remainder of this note discusses the latest draft. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-again-considering-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-again-considering-requirements-for-workplace-violence-prevention#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [Cal/OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cal-osha) ## [Protecting against workplace violence during COVID](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-against-workplace-violence-during-covid) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Nov 17, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/alcohol-gel-bottle-with-woman-wearing-facemask-washing-her-hand.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-against-workplace-violence-during-covid) During the COIVD-19 pandemic, there have been many reports of angry arguments between people who don’t want to wear masks or practice social distance and retail staff members trying to enforce local requirements. Some of these confrontations escalate to violence. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide formal guidelines to retail businesses, offering ways for protecting workers by “Limiting Workplace Violence Associated with COVID-19 Prevention Policies in Retail and Services Businesses.” The remainder of this note describes CDC’s latest guidance.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-against-workplace-violence-during-covid) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-against-workplace-violence-during-covid#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Workplace violence](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-violence), [Coronavirus](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/coronavirus), [CDC](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cdc), [Covid-19](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/covid-19), [CCOHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ccohs) ## [Protecting Workers Working Alone](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-workers-working-alone) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Dec 17, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Drive%20through.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-workers-working-alone) If it’s true that “there’s safety in numbers,” it’s just as true that employees working in isolation risk more severe consequences from most incidents.  Worker protection laws have long recognized this truism in industrial settings where medical emergencies, accidents, or even “bad air” can be fatal to a lone worker who could readily be rescued by co-workers were any present. In recent years, worker protection agencies in most Canadian provinces have adopted requirements to protect “workers working alone or in isolation.” The movement has spread to the United States, including a special focus on hotel workers. Because of these trends, now is a good time to review requirements and compliance programs. 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