California Compliance Package
(SB-553)

TAG has created a model plan consistent with the California requirements but that is more understandable and straightforward than Cal/OSHA’s model plan and has been supplemented with TAG’s proprietary information. The plan is supplied as an editable template. You will need to identify the people responsible for the plan and training, the people to whom questions should be addressed, the people to whom reports of workplace violence should be made, and the people to be notified of hazards identified by employees and through inspections. TAG can provide consultation in finalizing your plan and/or refer you to a California employment lawyer. The corporate curriculum covers:

• Characteristics of Workplace Misconduct

• Creating and Maintaining a Safe Workplace

• Assessing Risks

• Investigation

• Intimate Partner Violence

• Stalking and Cyberstalking

• Safe Termination

• Personality Disorder

• Mental Illness

• Suicide

• Unwanted Communications and Visits

• Preparing for an Armed Attack

We provide a template that can be duplicated for internal use and is in the form of a fillable PDF file providing fields for completion on each incident of Threats of Violence or Violent Actions. These must be maintained for five years, and California employees and their representatives have the right to inspect the logs, which may not contain any personal identifiers or protected health information.

Your employees will be provided access to an e-learning lesson entitled “Workplace Violence Prevention Training” hosted on either TAG’s learning management system (LMS) or, for larger companies, your LMS. Our LMS records the information required by California (name, job title, company name, and date of completion) for each employee completing the course, and you will have access to these training records. The law requires that employees complete the training at the time of hire and annually thereafter, and all employees must complete the training by July 1, 2024, to be compliant.

TAG’s e-learning lesson includes everything required by California as well as TAG’s proprietary features that go beyond the California requirements—which are narrowly focused on violent actions and threats—to improve employee safety with recognition and reporting of earlier warning signs.

TAG's training programs for employees and for students emphasize the importance to the community of early reporting. Depending on the organization's needs, the curriculum may include:

• Your Role in Preventing Violence

• Dealing with Unwanted Communications and Visits

• Domestic Violence

• Responding to an Armed Attack