Who Owns Implementation of California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Law?
Managing compliance takes a collaborative effort from several different departments, but security teams are uniquely positioned to lead the collaboration
This article was originally posted in ASIS Security Management Magazine.
Employers in California had a 1 July deadline to comply with SB 553, the state law mandating that employers establish workplace violence prevention programs. The question is: Who in an organization is responsible for developing the plan, implementing it, and ensuring all the requirements are met?
Compliance with this new policy has become a game of capture the flag at many organizations, with the result being slow or sluggish implementation. Legal teams claim responsibility and approach it from a compliance and privacy perspective. Human resources executives argue for ownership because it directly affects workers. However, the reality is that several different departments generally have responsibility for ensuring workplace safety. Managing compliance takes a collaborative effort from several different departments, but it is security teams that are uniquely positioned to lead the collaboration.
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