By Bernard Olshansky and Patrick D. Joyce
Seyfarth Synopsis: A new bill passed by the New York State legislature, and awaiting the Governor’s signature, would mandate that retail employers install panic buttons in the workplace, establish a “workplace violence prevention policy,” and provide workplace violence training to covered employees.
Addressing concerns about the threat of workplace violence, the two
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