California compliance
California lone worker compliance
Statute: Labor Code § 6401.9 (SB 553)
Effective July 1, 2024; next training/review deadline July 1, 2026; Cal/OSHA permanent standard due Dec 31, 2026.
Who’s covered
Employers with 10+ employees across virtually all commercial sectors (teleworkers excluded).
Required employer deliverables
- Written, site-specific Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP), accessible to employees at all times.
- Violent Incident Log: date, time, location, violence type (1–4), situational factors, and response actions.
- Interactive training on hire and annually thereafter.
- Hazard identification, evaluation, and corrective action records retained 5 years; training logs 1 year.
Penalties & enforcement
Up to $18,000 general/first-time; up to $25,000 serious; up to $158,727 willful or repeat — per violation, per worksite (compounding across locations). Enforced by Cal/OSHA.
What The Sentry does for California
One platform, mapped to California law — deployable in under an hour, no hardware.
The Sentry digitizes WVPP delivery with employee acknowledgement, auto-populates the statutory Violent Incident Log with classifications and timestamps, tracks annual interactive training, and centralizes 5-year recordkeeping — all deployable in under an hour with no hardware.
Important. This guide is informational and does not constitute legal advice. Statutes, effective dates, and penalty amounts change — verify current requirements with the California state agency and qualified counsel. The Sentry provides tools and documentation to support your compliance program; it does not guarantee compliance or legal outcomes.