OVERVIEW
In response to Federal agency requests for assistance in dealing with issues relating to workplace violence, we formed an Interagency Working Group on Violence in the Workplace. Membership includes Federal Government law enforcement officers, security specialists, criminal investigators, attorneys, human resources specialists, Employee Assistance Program counselors, forensic psychologists, and union officials.
RESOURCES
Responding to Domestic Violence: Where Federal Employees Can Find Help is a new document addressing the issue of domestic violence and its impact on the workplace. This guide provides concise, up-to-date information on domestic violence, with concrete advice for the employee who are victims, for friends and co-workers, and for their supervisors. It also guides the supervisor through an array of resources and management tools that can be brought to bear in a workplace violence situation. It complements earlier OPM publications, including Dealing with Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners (see below), and Handling Traumatic Events: A Manager’s Guide . This document can be purchased by Federal agencies through the OPM Rider system and is also available for purchase by the public at U.S. Government Printing Office Book Stores.
Dealing with Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners, U.S. Office of Personnel Management. OPM, in association with the working group, has developed guidance for Federal agency program planners. This document can be purchased by Federal agencies through the OPM Rider system and is also available for purchase by the public at
U.S. Government Printing Office Book Stores.
Violence in the Workplace Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Current Intelligence Bulletin No. 57 (Publication Number 96-100), June 1996. To obtain a copy, call 1-800-35 NIOSH. (www.cdc.gov/niosh/violcont.html)
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (OSHA 3148), 1996. Copies can be obtained from GPO by calling 202-512-1800. (The cost is $3.25 and the order # is 029-016-00172-7) (www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/Additional.html)
Violence and Theft in the Workplace; The Cycle of Violence; Psychoactive Substances and Violence; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Parking Facilities; PAVNET Online User's Guide; Threat Assessment: An Approach To Prevent Targeted Violence. These publications, issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, can be obtained by calling the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at 1-800-851-3420. A publications catalog which lists all of the materials in the National Criminal Justice Reference Service can also be obtained by calling the above number. (www.ncjrs.org)
Partnership Against Violence Network (PAVNET): a database of programs dealing with violence, although not specifically workplace violence, developed by the PAVNET coalition made up of the Departments of Justice,
Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development,
Justice, and Labor. (www.pavnet.org)
Federal
Protective Service - The Federal Protective Service
has developed the following guidance: What
You Should Know About Coping With Threats and Violence
in the Federal Workplace (http://www.gsa.gov/pbs/fps/).
Questions or comments may be mailed to the Office of Work/Life Programs, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 7425, Theodore Roosevelt Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20415-2000. You may call us at (202) 606-5520; fax (202) 606-2091; or email ehs@opm.gov.
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