Workplace Violence and Bullying Prevention Policy Revised

The University at Buffalo is committed to providing a safe work environment in which the dignity of everyone is respected, the free exchange of ideas is encouraged, and all individuals are able to flourish. The university will respond promptly to threats, acts of violence, bullying, and acts of aggression by employees or against employees by coworkers, members of the public, students, or others.

The policy was updated to:

• Change the title of the policy from "Workplace Violence Prevention" to "Workplace Violence and Bullying Prevention"
• Specify that behaviors that violate this policy may also violate other applicable policies
• Clarify language regarding carrying or possessing firearms, dangerous weapons, or instruments
• Add a Reporting section
• Add references to bullying in the Policy Statement and the Reporting and Retaliation sections
• Add a Background section
• Revise the Applicability section
• Add a definition for Bullying, Harassment, Imminent Threat, and Stalking
• Remove binary language references

This policy applies to all university entities and employees, whether full-time, part-time, seasonal, student workers, volunteers, contractors, or other workers.