PAP.17.8.130 Workplace Violence

(a) The BFGC is concerned about the increased violence in society, which has also filtered into many workplaces, and has taken steps to help prevent incidents of violence from occurring at its facilities. It is our policy to expressly prohibit any acts or threats of violence against any employee in or about our facilities or elsewhere at any time. We will not condone any acts or threats of violence against our employees, customers, or visitors on the BFGC's property at any time or while they are engaged in business with or on behalf of the BFGC, on or off our premises.

(b) In keeping with the spirit and intent of this policy, and to ensure the objectives in this regard are attained, the BFGC is committed to the following:

(1) To provide a safe and healthful work environment;

(2) To take prompt remedial action, up to and including immediate termination, against any employee who engages in any threatening behavior or acts of violence or who uses any obscene, abusive, or threatening language or gestures;

(3) To take appropriate action when dealing with customers, former employees, or visitors to our property who engage in such behavior. Such action may include notifying the police or other law enforcement personnel and prosecuting violators of this policy to the maximum extent of the law;

(4) To establish viable security measures to ensure that the BFGC's facilities are safe and secure to the maximum extent possible and to properly handle access to the BFGC's facilities by the public, off-duty employees, and former employees.

(c) Employees, former employees, customers and visitors shall not bring or possess unauthorized firearms or other weapons onto the BFGC's premises. Any employee who displays a tendency to engage in violent, abusive, or threatening behavior or who otherwise engages in behavior that the BFGC, in its sole discretion, deems offensive or inappropriate, or who possesses a firearm or weapon in violation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

(d) Employees have a "duty to warn" the BFGC of any suspicious workplace activity or situations or incidents that they observe or that they are aware of that involve other employees, former employees, customers, or visitors and that appear problematic. This includes, for example, threats or acts of violence, aggressive behavior, offensive acts, threatening or offensive comments or remarks, and the like. Employee reports made pursuant to this policy will be held in confidence to the maximum possible extent. The BFGC will not condone any form of retaliation against any employee for making a report under this policy.