NY A08223

Expands workplace violence risk factors that employers must evaluate to include guarding property, workplace bullying, working with dangerous individuals, working in private homes, and working in high crime areas

Adds new prevention methods employers must consider including increasing staff, providing body scanners, bullet-proof barriers, metal detectors, and personal alarm systems with location tracking

Requires employers to maintain violent incident logs for at least five years, documenting date, time, location, description, classification of perpetrator, and consequences of each incident

Expands employee training requirements to cover workplace bullying prevention, how concerns will be investigated, how to obtain emergency help, and protections against retaliation for reporting hazards

Establishes civil penalties of up to $50 per day for non-serious violations and up to $200 per day for serious violations, with enforcement through the commissioner and industrial board of appeals

Authorizes the commissioner to seek court injunctions to restrain conditions posing imminent danger of death or serious physical harm, with employees able to seek injunctive relief if the commissioner fails to act within 48 hours