8:00 – 9:00 | Registration

Coffee and a light breakfast provided

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9:00 – 9:15 | Introductory Remarks

Dr. Brian Van Brunt, WVPA President

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9:15 – 10:30 | Keynote: Advancing Your SB 553 Obligations

Building a safer California workplace benefits everyone. By working together and embracing the spirit of SB 553, we can create a future where employees feel secure, safe, and valued. Our guests from Ogletree Deakins will focus on not only compliance but also how SB 553 provides an opportunity for California employers to be leaders in this important area of workplace violence prevention.

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10:30 – 10:45 | Break

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10:45 – 12:00 | Case Study Panel Discussion

Join our expert panel as they review a case study of workplace violence with overtones of domestic violence threats. Learn how to conceptualize the different facets of the case including customer impact, store security response, initial documentation, threat mitigation planning, supporting the employee, reviewing/updating policy, and filing a violent incident report.

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12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch

There are several lunch options near the campus.

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1:15 – 2:00 | Compliance Checklist & Educational Programs

This session will provide a review of a compliance checklist with a specific focus on commonly overlooked elements such as employee involvement, after-incident review, setting the bar for initial reports, and ensuring accessibility of reporting elements and language. Our presenters will discuss educational programming for employees to support a workplace violence prevention plan, including situational awareness, an all-hazard approach to emergency response, bystander empowerment, and wellness/burnout prevention. They will also review supervisor-oriented programming including conflict resolution, crisis communication, and critical incident response.

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2:00 – 2:45 | The First 24 Hours

Ogletree Deakins will offer a primer for stakeholders on post-incident response, Cal/OSHA investigations, and how to implement strategies before being in a reactive or action-oriented situation.

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3:15 – 4:30 | Threat Assessment in the Workplace

This interactive discussion of common workplace threats across Type I-IV violence types will review transient versus substantive threats, criminal threatening as defined by California law, affective and targeted/predatory violence, hunting vs. howling, and three key considerations related to social media and written threats. The presenters will offer practical advice on how to address various threats and the intersection of free speech and political speech in the workplace.