Workplace Violence & Safety Compliance
Know what your state asks for, and keep the record to show it.
Workplace violence, retail worker, and school safety laws are spreading state by state. Most ask for the same three things: a way for people to call for help, a plan your team is trained on, and records that show it was followed.
Three things most of these laws have in common.
A workplace violence prevention law usually requires an employer to have a written plan, train staff on it, give them a way to summon help, and keep records. PushPulse is a tool for the last three. This page is general information, not legal advice, and requirements vary, so confirm yours with counsel.
New York: the Retail Worker Safety Act
New York requires covered retail employers to adopt a workplace violence prevention policy and train their staff. Starting January 1, 2027, employers with 500 or more retail employees statewide must also give staff access to a silent response button that requests immediate help from a security officer, manager, or supervisor. A rule proposed by the state labor department in September 2026 says an app-based button may only be installed on employer-provided devices.
In PushPulse, a silent alert template sends that request to the people you choose. Staff trigger it from an employer-provided phone, a Bluetooth panic button, or PushPulse Desktop at a register or desk, with or without a USB or Bluetooth button.
California: SB 553
California requires nearly every employer to keep a written workplace violence prevention plan, record each incident in a violent incident log, train employees every year, and keep those records.
PushPulse does not write your plan. It gives you a place to publish it in the Document Library, with a notice to staff when it changes, a form you build for your violent incident log, the Safety Training Log form for training, and CSV and PDF exports of the submissions.
Schools: panic alarm laws
A growing number of states have passed versions of Alyssa's Law, which applies to public K-12 schools and calls for a silent panic alarm linked to law enforcement. Requirements differ by state, and some states only ask schools to consider one.
PushPulse alerts your staff and responders from phones, wall tablets, and Bluetooth buttons, and an alert can prompt the sender to call 911. It does not connect directly to law enforcement, so check what your state requires before relying on it for this purpose.
Records that show the process was followed
Whatever the law, an inspector or insurer will ask what happened and what you did about it. Every alert has a timeline that exports as a PDF, with delivery and acknowledgement logs for each person. Drills are marked as drills and can be filtered apart from real incidents in Analytics. Form submissions for incidents, training, and inspections export to CSV or PDF.
Compliance questions
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What is a silent response button under New York law?
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Does PushPulse satisfy Alyssa's Law?
Can we keep a violent incident log in PushPulse?
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