209719 Workplace Violence in NYS and the Impact of Regulation

Monday, November 9, 2009: 12:30 PM

Matt London, MS , Health and Safety Department, NYS PEF, Albany, NY
Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN , School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Janet Foley , H&s, CSEA, Albany, NY
Jonathan Rosen, MPH, CIH , Health and Safety Department, NYS PEF, Albany, NY
Lee Clarke , AFCSME, New York, NY
        
New York State public employee labor unions worked in coalition with other occupational safety and health advocates for passage of comprehensive workplace violence prevention legislation for over a decade. The law was signed on June 7, 2006 and has led to development of workplace violence prevention programs in significant parts of New York State's public sector. In this session panelists will:

• describe the extent and effect of workplace violence on public sector workers, recipients, and agencies

• summarize the campaign to pass the law and the struggle to promulgate regulations

• discuss the impact of the law and regulations on the development of workplace violence prevention programs

Learning Objectives:
•describe the extent and effect of workplace violence on public sector workers, recipients, and agencies • summarize the campaign to pass the law and the struggle to promulgate regulations •discuss the impact of the law and regulations on the development of workplace violence prevention programs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Workplace violence prevention has been a subject I have researched, published in, and provided support and guidance to organizations. This is within my role as a labor health and safety professional, so I have no financial conflicts.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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