Workplace Violence and Domestic Violence Prevention
In compliance with the New York State law and CUNY Policy and to promote the health and safety of CUNY employees, special training programs are provided to help address and prevent acts of violence within the University. This includes workplace violence as well as domestic violence, which can spill over from an employee's personal life into the workplace. The Workplace Violence Prevention and Domestic Violence Prevention programs provide training for campus liaisons and teams assigned to address these issues at the colleges and at Central Office locations. The programs are designed to help participants understand their responsibilities under CUNY's workplace violence and domestic violence policies and to provide resources to help them carry out these responsibilities, which include promoting awareness and providing ongoing training at their locations.
Workplace Violence
The City University of New York has a long-standing commitment to promoting a safe and secure academic and work environment that promotes the achievement of its mission of teaching, research, scholarship, and service. All members of the University community are expected to maintain a working and learning environment free from violence, threats of harassment, intimidation, or coercion. While these behaviors are not prevalent at the University, no organization is immune.
In 2005, OHRM's Professional Development and Learning Management Office (PDLM) and Human Resources Operations and Services Office (HROS) collaborated with the University Public Safety Office and faculty from John Jay College and New York City College of Technology to deliver an orientation program for campus Workplace Violence Advisory Teams ("WVATs"). WVATs are responsible for assisting college Presidents in implementing the University's workplace violence prevention policy. Course participants reviewed general information on workplace violence, best practices for implementing CUNY's policy, information on preventing student violence, and resources for presenting training and workplace violence prevention information to their campuses. This training was repeated for new WVAT members in 2009.
In addition, the Professional Development and Learning Management Office offers several courses to the University community to assist them in preventing incidents of workplace violence. As recommended by workplace violence prevention experts, basic courses in supervision, management, conflict resolution, diversity awareness, communication skills, and cross-cultural appreciation are provided to CUNY audiences. These courses are presented as part of the CUNY Professional Development Program. Courses are conducted at the Central Office and at several CUNY colleges.
CUNY campuses also are engaged in assessing prevention needs and providing information and training in workplace violence prevention. Interested persons should contact their campus WVAT Coordinator for information about workplace violence prevention activities on their campuses.
To review the Workplace Violence Awareness Prevention Management Reference Manual distributed during the Spring 2010 WVAT Training Session, click here <pdf>.
A copy of CUNY's Workplace Violence Policy and Procedures is available at the following site: http://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/ohrm/policies-procedures/violence-prevention-policy.html
domestic violence IN the workplace
The City University of New York ("CUNY") disapproves of violence against women, men, or children in any form, whether as an act of workplace violence or in any employee's personal life. Domestic violence can spill over into the workplace, compromising the safety of both victims and co-workers and resulting in lost productivity, increased health care costs, increased absenteeism, and increased employee turnover. CUNY is committed to full compliance of all applicable laws governing domestic violence in the workplace, to promoting the health and safety of its employees, and to making a significant and continual difference in the fight to end domestic violence. CUNY will review this policy annually and will notify all employees and the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic violence ("OPDV") of any revisions.
New York State requires employees designated as Domestic Violence Liaisons to complete the one-day Domestic Violence and the Workplace "orientation" course conducted by The New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV). In addition, liaisons who will conduct training on domestic violence prevention for employees on their campuses also are required to complete the half-day NYS train-the-trainer course, Program Implementation: Tools and Techniques for Trainers.
A copy of CUNY's Domestic Violence and the Workplace Policy is available at: http://web.cuny.edu/administration/ohrm/policies-procedures/domestic-violence.html.
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