California could require workplace violence-prevention policies.

Here's a workplace policy trend to keep an eye on, because employment-law issues that start percolating in California often boil over into other states. The topic this time: workplace violence prevention.

The California State Senate just passed SB 553, legislation that requires all employers with at least one employee to develop workplace violence-prevention plans and policies. Among other provisions, SB 553 would prohibit employers from "maintaining policies that require...