Learn requirements of California’s new Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP) including procedures on how to respond, report, and communicate with employees about violent workplace incidents, names of people responsible for implementing and maintaining the plan, and more.

On this week’s free webinar, SBDC director Kelly Bearden is joined by Celeste Young-Ramos, CEO of the Restaurant Success Center and a SBDC consultant on HR. Celeste provides elements of the new California Workplace Violence Prevention Plan put in place by Senate Bill 553 that requires many employers to create a WVPP by July 1. A link to the Cal/OSHA fillable form to create a plan is provided below.

This marks the 323rd episode of the “Webinar Wednesday” business series that provides news and information helpful to employers and business owners.

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TIMESTAMPS – The bold blue link below is a direct link to when Celeste Young-Ramos begins her presentation
00:00 Intro
01:14 What’s up today July 24, 2024
02:54 Economic Corner
05:27 Latest on Beneficial Ownership Information https://www.fincen.gov/boi
07:55 Capital Corridor
09:05 Community Calendar – Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2024 Mid-Year Employment Law Update – August 6th https://kchcc.org/
09:51 Want to Run a Home Daycare Business? Nurture – No Cost Training Program for New Home Child Daycare Businesses www.nurturebusiness.org
11:25 Membership has its privileges https://csubsbdc.com/get-started
11:48 See what tools the SBDC has for your business
13:51 Sign up for our CSUB SBDC YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@csubsbdc
15:27 Kelly introduces today’s guest, Celeste Young-Ramos, CEO of the Restaurant Success Center and CSU Bakersfield SBDC Consultant on HR, franchises, and more
16:34 Celeste begins to speak
18:54 Incidents of Violence in CA Workplaces
20:04 High Risk Businesses
21:13 State Bill 553 Workplace Violence Prevention Plan https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB553
23:55 Which Employers Are Exempt?
26:13 What is Workplace Violence?
29:30 Four Types of Workplace Violence
33:46 Warning Signs
36:29 Risk Assessment
40:45 Active Shooter – https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/run-hide-fight-092120.mp4/view
46:48 Plan Administrator
47:47 Employee Involvement
48:46 WVPP Template – Fillable form to create WVPP plan: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/Model-WPV-Plan-General-Industry.docx
49:41 Reporting Incidents
51:20 Reporting Incidents OSHA
51:44 Restraining Orders
51:56 Record Keeping
53:02 Employee Request for Records
53:22 Training
54:42 Kelly rejoins Celeste for Question and Answer with attendees
 
OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Plan FACT SHEET https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/WPV-General-Industry-for-employers-fs.pdf