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1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-C <br /> Subject: Personnel Ordinance Revision -Workplace Violence Prevention <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Draft Revision to the Orange County Eleanor Green, Personnel Analyst <br /> Personnel Ordinance, Article III, New Section 9.0 Extension 2556 <br /> Telephone Number: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider the addition of a Workplace Violence Prevention <br /> policy to the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. <br /> Background: The Personnel Department is working closely with Risk <br /> Management Director Pam Jones and members of the County's <br /> Risk Management Team to address employee safety concerns. <br /> One of the top employee concerns identified is the increasing <br /> incidence of workplace violence. <br /> To respond to employee concerns about workplace violence, the <br /> Risk Management Team and the Personnel Department plan to <br /> launch a Workplace Violence Prevention initiative that includes <br /> development and communication of policies and procedures to <br /> support the initiative, as well as training for employees on <br /> workplace violence prevention and incident reporting. <br /> The attached draft addition of a Workplace Violence policy <br /> supports this initiative and addresses the following issues related <br /> to Workplace Violence: <br />