What You Need To Know
- Governor Murphy recently signed the Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act into law.
- The new law
makes it a criminal offense to intentionally threaten any health care professional in an effort to intimidate them or interfere with their work. Individuals can pursue action or press charges as appropriate. - Hackensack Meridian Health worked closely with government officials for more than a year to ensure that this law was expansive and covered ALL of our team members, including volunteers, per diem workers and contracted vendors.
- We will post signage at the entrances of each of our locations to inform all who enter our facilities about this law.
If You Have Safety Concerns
- At a hospital location: Dial 7777 for immediate assistance and complete a ONElink
- At an offsite location: Dial 911 for immediate assistance and complete a ONElink.
It is important to remember that all workplace events, including any adverse event, safety concern, team member injury, workplace violence event or good catch, should be entered into our incident reporting platform, ONElink by following these easy instructions.