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Workplace Incident Reporting and Follow-up
Are you required to report threats and violence at your workplace? ■ Yes ■ No
If yes, can you do so without fear of retaliation (revenge or punishment)? ■ Yes ■ No
Is there a system for reporting threats and violence at your workplace? ■ Yes ■ No
If yes, is it easy to understand and follow? ■ Yes ■ No
Does your supervisor or manager investigate incidents promptly? ■ Yes ■ No
Does your supervisor or manager take suitable corrective action promptly? ■ Yes ■ No
Are police and emergency services called immediately when a criminal incident occurs? ■ Yes ■ No
Are support programs in place to help you if you are directly or indirectly
■ Yes ■ No
affected by workplace violence?
Comments:
Education and Training
Do you know what workplace violence policies and programs exist in your workplace? ■ Yes ■ No
Do you know how to report a threat or a violent incident, and to whom? ■ Yes ■ No
Have you received training in recognizing, preventing, and dealing with ■ Yes ■ No
workplace violence?
Have you received training on the security devices available to you (such as ■ Yes ■ No
surveillance equipment, silent or sounding alarms, panic buttons, personal
alarms, telephones, cell phones, etc.)?
Do you think you are prepared to handle a violent situation, a threat, or
■ Yes ■ No
escalating behaviours exhibited by clients/customers while at work?
Have you received training or information about domestic violence in the workplace? ■ Yes ■ No
Here, employers may insert other questions about training in the workplace,
such as how to call for help, how to de-escalate a situation, how information
about a client's behaviour is communicated to workers, etc.).
Comments:
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Developing Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies and Programs: A Toolbox
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