Common use of Workplace Violence Clause in Contracts

Workplace Violence. The State of Maryland is committed to providing a workplace for all employees that is safe, secure and free of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence. It is the intention of the State and the Union to set forth uniform requirements for all Departmental procedures for addressing situations in the workplace involving acts of harassment or threatening or intimidating behavior, and violence in the workplace. 1) Every Principal Unit will be responsible for developing or updating a Prevention of Violence in the Workplace plan. This plan will be developed by each Department and the Union through the LMCs with the goal of developing a unified plan. 2) The Department-specific plan shall be finalized by the LMCs within nine months from the ratification of the MOU. 3) Each Department-specific plan shall at a minimum consider the following: a. Guidelines for employees when dealing with an actual or potential incident involving workplace violence. b. A workplace violence training curriculum. c. A method to inform employees of the risk of violence posed to employees in their classification by clients, patients, inmates, or others within their immediate work area, when such risk is foreseeable. d. A program to provide post-incident treatment and necessary follow up for any employee who has been the victim of violence or who witnessed an act of violence in the workplace.

Workplace Violence. The State of Maryland is committed to providing a workplace for all employees that is safe, secure and free of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence. It is the intention of the State and the Union to set forth uniform requirements for all Departmental procedures for addressing situations in the workplace involving acts of harassment or threatening or intimidating behavior, and violence in the workplace. 1) Every Principal Unit will be responsible for developing or updating a Prevention of Violence in the Workplace plan. This plan will be developed by each Department and the Union through the LMCs with the goal of developing a unified plan. 2) The Department-specific plan shall be finalized by the LMCs within nine months from the ratification of the MOU. 3) Each Department-specific plan shall at a minimum consider the following: a. Guidelines for employees when dealing with an actual or potential incident involving workplace violence. b. A workplace violence training curriculum. c. A method to inform employees of the risk of violence posed to employees in their classification by clients, patients, inmates, or others within their immediate work area, when such risk is foreseeable. d. A program to provide post-incident treatment and necessary follow up for any employee who has been the victim of violence or who witnessed an act of violence in the workplace. In the event an employee is threatened or attacked, he/she may take appropriate legal action and will be released from duty with pay for the time necessary to file the report. Where armed security personnel are deployed, such personnel will escort employees to their vehicles after normal business hours upon request.

Workplace Violence. The State of Maryland is committed to providing a workplace for all employees that is safe, secure secure, and free of harassment, threats, intimidation intimidation, and violence. It is the intention of the State and the Union to set forth uniform requirements for all Departmental procedures for addressing situations in the workplace involving acts of harassment or threatening or intimidating behavior, and violence in the workplace. 1) Every Principal Unit will be responsible for developing or updating a Prevention of Violence in the Workplace plan. This plan will be developed by each Department and the Union through the LMCs with the goal of developing a unified plan. 2) The Department-specific plan shall be finalized by the LMCs within nine months from the ratification of the MOU. 3) Each Department-specific plan shall at a minimum consider the following: a. Guidelines for employees when dealing with an actual or potential incident involving workplace violence. b. A workplace violence training curriculum. c. A method to inform employees of the risk of violence posed to employees in their classification by clients, patients, inmates, or others within their immediate work area, when such risk is foreseeable. d. A program to provide post-incident treatment and necessary follow up for any employee who has been the victim of violence or who witnessed an act of violence in the workplace.

Workplace Violence. The State of Maryland is committed to providing a workplace for all employees that is safe, secure and free of harassment, threats, intimidation and violence. It is the intention of the State and the Union to set forth uniform requirements for all Departmental procedures for addressing situations in situationsin the workplace involving acts of harassment or threatening or intimidating behavior, and violence in the inthe workplace. 1) Every Principal Unit will be responsible for developing or updating a Prevention of Violence in the Workplace plan. This plan will be developed by each Department and the Union through the LMCs with the goal of developing a unified plan. 2) The Department-specific plan shall be finalized by the LMCs within nine months from the ratification of the MOU. 3) Each Department-specific plan shall at a minimum consider the following: a. Guidelines for employees when dealing with an actual or potential incident involving workplace violence. b. A workplace violence training curriculum. c. A method to inform employees of the risk of violence posed to employees in their classification by clients, patients, inmates, or others within their immediate work area, when such risk is foreseeable. d. A program to provide post-incident treatment and necessary follow up for any employee who has been the victim of violence or who witnessed an act of violence in the workplace.