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Violence in the Workplace
Violence in the Workplace
Threats, threatening behavior or acts of violence against employees, clients, residents, volunteers or other individuals by anyone on Transition Projects property will not be tolerated. Violations of this policy will lead to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
All Transition Projects employees and any person coming onto any Transition Projects premises are prohibited from carrying any firearm or weapon of any sort, concealed or otherwise, unless specifically authorized to do so. Exempt from this rule are law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties. Weapons include but are not limited to firearms, explosives, heavy wooden or metal clubs, or other objects used to kill, injure, intimidate, or harass another person. The use of any object as a weapon falls under the prohibitions of this paragraph.
Any person who makes substantial threats, exhibits threatening behavior, or engages in violent acts on Transition Projects property will be removed from the premises as quickly as safety permits and shall remain off Transition Projects premises pending the outcome of an investigation. Transition Projects will initiate a decisive and appropriate response. For Transition Projects employees, this response may include, but is not limited to, suspension or termination of employment, and/or permanent trespass from Transition Projects premises, and/or criminal prosecution.
No existing Transition Projects policy, practice or procedure should be interpreted as prohibiting decisions designed to prevent a threat from being carried out, a violent act from occurring, or a life threatening situation from developing.
Transition Projects will not tolerate:
- Unwelcome name-calling, obscene language, and other abusive behavior.
- Intimidation through direct or veiled verbal threats.
- Throwing objects in the workplace regardless of the size or type of object being thrown or whether a person is the target of the thrown object.
- Physical contact among employees in an intimidating, malicious, or sexually harassing manner. This includes but is not limited to acts such as hitting, slapping, poking, kicking, pinching, grabbing, pushing, and hugging.
- Physically intimidating others including such acts as obscene gestures and fist shaking.
All Transition Projects employees must notify their immediate supervisor and/or the Executive Director of any threats which they have witnessed, received, or have been told that another person has witnessed or received. Employees should also report any behavior they have witnessed which they regard as threatening or violent, when that behavior is job related or might be carried out on a Transition Projects site or is connected to agency employment. Employees are responsible for making this report, regardless of the relationship between the individual who initiated the threat or threatening behavior and the person or persons who were threatened or were the focus of the threatening behavior.
Transition Projects also encourages all individuals who apply for or obtain a protective or restraining order to inform their supervisor. If the person who obtains the order wishes to have the respondent excluded from Transition Projects premises, it is helpful to provide a description or a picture of the person and a copy of the protective or restraining order. This information will be given to the gatekeepers of the facility where the employee is stationed. We understand the sensitivity of the information requested, and will inform only those employees who control entry to the building.