ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
How an organization prevents, intervenes in and responds to workplace violence: a scoped working definition, legal and labor obligations, top management and multidisciplinary roles, a needs assessment, a WVPI policy without zero-tolerance wording, a trained Threat Management Team with incident protocols, training and confidential records, warning signs and threat assessment, intimate partner violence, law enforcement liaison, immediate response and post-incident recovery, plus the informative active assailant annex (plan, kits, mass notification, staging areas, exercises, crisis communications, reunification, recovery phases). Leaves read against the complete ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020.
ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant is a compliance framework from United States (American National Standard), used internationally with 9 domains and 82 controls that map to 3 other frameworks. The largest domains are Annex A (informative): Active assailant – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (23 controls), Clause 8: Threat response and incident management – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (20 controls), Clause 6: Planning the WVPI program – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (13 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (9)
Annex A (informative): Active assailant – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
Clause 10: Intimate partner violence – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::10.1 | 10.1 Include intimate partner violence in the policy statement |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::10.2 | 10.2 Implement prevention strategies specific to intimate partner violence |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::10.3 | 10.3 Legal issues specific to intimate partner violence |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::10.4 | 10.4 When employees are abusers |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::10.5 | 10.5 Documentation specific to intimate partner violence |
Clause 11: Post-incident management – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::11.1 | 11.1 General elements of a post-incident recovery plan |
Clause 4: Defining the reach of prevention and intervention efforts – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::4.2 | 4.2 A working definition of workplace violence |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::4.3 | 4.3 Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements |
Clause 5: Establishing multidisciplinary involvement – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
Clause 6: Planning the WVPI program – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
Clause 7: Implementing the program – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::7.1 | 7.1 Designate a group to design and implement the program |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::7.2 | 7.2 Design the program and establish a plan for its implementation |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::7.3 | 7.3 Establish elements essential to incident management |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::7.4 | 7.4 Develop and disseminate the WVPI policy |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::7.5 | 7.5 Monitor, evaluate, and improve prevention and intervention strategies and protocols |
Clause 8: Threat response and incident management – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
Clause 9: The role of law enforcement – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::9 | 9 The role of law enforcement |
| ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::9.1 | 9.1 Law enforcement intervention |
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ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant is a compliance framework from United States (American National Standard), used internationally with 9 domains and 82 controls. How an organization prevents, intervenes in and responds to workplace violence: a scoped working definition, legal and labor obligations, top management and multidisciplinary roles, a needs assessment, a WVPI policy without zero-tolerance wording, a trained Threat Management Team with incident protocols, training and confidential records, warning signs and threat assessment, intimate partner violence, law enforcement liaison, immediate response and post-incident recovery, plus the informative active assailant annex (plan, kits, mass notification, staging areas, exercises, crisis communications, reunification, recovery phases). Leaves read against the complete ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant actually require?
ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant has 82 controls organised across 9 domains. The largest domains are Annex A (informative): Active assailant – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (23 controls), Clause 8: Threat response and incident management – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (20 controls), Clause 6: Planning the WVPI program – ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant (13 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant do I already cover?
ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant maps to 3 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO 45001:2018 (55% coverage), ISO 22301:2019 (24% coverage), ISO 27002:2022 (16% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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