Procedures
Reporting and investigating threatening or violent behavior in the workplace
- Any employee who experiences, observes, or has knowledge of threatening or violent behavior in the workplace has a responsibility to report the situation as soon as possible.
- In all cases of an actual or imminent act of violent behavior, call the campus Police Department or the campus Safety and Security Department.
- Report all cases of threatening or violent behavior to the employee's supervisor or department head and to the campus human resources department.
- The campus human resources department and the campus police will implement campus specific procedures to coordinate the investigation of all reports of threatening or violent behavior promptly and impartially and as confidentially as possible.
- The campus police and University Counsel will determine if the university will seek a temporary restraining order or injunction on behalf of an employee to reduce the chances of further violence or threats of violence in the workplace, as provided for in Indiana statute (IC 34-26-6).
- Employees are required to cooperate in any investigation. A timely resolution of each report should be reached and communicated to all parties involved as soon as possible.
- Any form of retaliation against any person for making a bona fide report concerning threatening or violent behavior in the workplace is prohibited; therefore, such retaliation must also be reported.
Reporting non-work-related violence
- Employees who are victims of domestic or other threatening or violent behavior outside the workplace, or who believe they are potential victims of such behavior, and fear it may enter the workplace, are encouraged to report the situation as soon as possible.
- In all cases of an actual or imminent act of violent behavior, call the campus Police Department or campus Safety and Security Department.
- Report all cases of threatening or violent behavior to the employee's supervisor or department head and to the campus human resources office.
- The campus human resources department and the campus police will coordinate the investigation of all reports of threatening or violent behavior promptly and impartially and as confidentially as possible.
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