News from: Del Peeples Human Capital Management

There has been a recent uptick in mass shootings in California. In the seven years between 2015 and 2022, the state saw an average of 15 mass shootings between January and May. By 2022, this number had risen to 24 mass shootings statewide within that timeframe. A mass shooting has occurred every six days in California in 2023. Effective July 1, 2024, most California employers must comply with California’s workplace violence safety requirements under the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). Under the new law, covered employers will have a number of new obligations, including: developing and implementing a workplace violence prevention plan (WVPP), training employees on the plan, creating workplace violence incidence logs, and recordkeeping requirements.

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