The New York Retail Worker Safety Act, passed on September 4, 2024, is a new law aimed at enhancing the safety of retail workers and shoppers in response to the increasing threat of gun violence and ...

A new survey reports that 38 percent of Gen Z retail workers witnessed workplace violence against a coworker within the past five years, compared to 13 percent of Baby Boomers, 20 percent of Gen X, ...

Retail employers should take notice of the model policy and model training related to workplace violence prevention in the retail industry. As we previously reported, in September 2024, New York Gov.

A discussion of New York’s newly enacted Retail Worker Safety Act which requires retail businesses with over 10 employees to implement workplace violence prevention policies and interactive training, ...

New safety requirements for retail employers in New York, including training and emergency alert systems, take effect under the newly implemented Retail Worker Safety Act. New York’s new mandate for ...

RWSA makes retailers with 10 or more employees create workplace violence prevention or reduction programs, with a written policy supplied to everyone who works there. Employers also need staff ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA) into law on Wednesday. The act requires corporate retail employers to adopt a violence prevention plan, and train workers in ...

Have you noticed lately that people are becoming at work being more aggressive, less patient and well - mean? If you have - you’re not alone - especially at work. Workplace violence is a pervasive ...

A bill intended to increase retail worker safety and prevent workplace violence, which was heartily opposed by a major retailer earlier this year, was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday.