Are you experiencing intimidating, harassing, or threatening behaviors?
Are you being subjected to verbal abuse - including yelling, shouting, use of sexually, racially or ethnically charged epithets, etc.?
Are you tolerating other acts that a reasonable person would consider to constitute a threat of violence, including oral or written statements, gestures or expressions that communicate a direct or indirect threat of physical harm?
On August 4, 1999, Governor John G. Rowland signed Executive Order No. 16 instituting a “Zero Tolerance” Violence in the Workplace Prevention Policy for all state agency personnel, contractors, subcontractors and vendors.
Click here to read more about the State of Connecticut 2.1 Policy on Violence Prevention and Response.
Additional Resources
State of CT on Workplace Violence "Zero Tolerance"
Board of Trustees Response to Violence p.90
