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Senate passes bill
Progress made in Stop Workplace Violence Campaign
By DARCY WELLS
While training and mobilization meetings continue to take place for PEF members
statewide, there is movement in Albany on one of PEF’s Stop Workplace Violence
bills.
The Senate unanimously passed S.6480/A.9692 which would require the state
Department of Civil Service to prepare an annual report about workplace injuries
and the cost incurred by the state for those injuries. The bill was in an
Assembly committee for review at press time.
Meanwhile, the Stop Workplace Violence Web page
www.pef.org/stopworkplaceviolence/index.htm , has received nearly 1,000 hits
and members have been sending in postcards that will be delivered to legislative
leaders.
Campaign buttons and stickers are also available through the Web site, as is a
copy of the Stop Workplace Violence DVD. The campaign, rolled out earlier this
year includes an aggressive legislative agenda to get three bills passed. Bill
S.6441/A.9691 requires all public employers to evaluate their worksites to
determine risk facts that may lead to violence and implement reasonable
controls. The bill had been referred to committees in both houses as we go to
press.
The Judi Scanlon bill, S.207/A.2570, was also in committees. It would heighten
safety measures for community mental health workers, including a requirement for
employees to make home visits in pairs when the client has a serious mental
illness.
To date, five one-day regional mobilization trainings have been held and 200 PEF
members trained and empowered to advocate for the proposed legislation. They are
better able now to identify risk factors for workplace violence, and develop
measures to prevent the violence. Five similar trainings will be held in central
and western NY over the next six weeks.
If you were assaulted or threatened at work, your story could be a vital part of
the documentation needed for legislation and effective workplace violence
prevention programs. You have the option of remaining anonymous, but send in all
the details of the incident, what could have been done to prevent it, and the
type of support you received. Mail your story to: Workplace Violence Campaign,
PEF Health & Safety Department, PO Box 12414, Albany, NY 12212 or e-mail it to
JRosen@pef.org.
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