The MHA continues to offer workplace safety posters to MHA members at no cost to help hospitals comply with the requirement from Public Acts 271 and 272 of 2023 that hospitals display signage informing individuals they may be subject to higher financial penalties if they assault a healthcare worker or volunteer. Gov. Whitmer signed into law these MHA-supported public acts one year ago, which have been a positive step towards ensuring violence against healthcare workers is not tolerated.
Members can order the posters through an online order form on the MHA website. With the help of MHA Endorsed Business Partner AMN Healthcare Language Services, translated versions in Spanish and Arabic are also available.
The MHA continues to work on more opportunities to protect healthcare workers from violence in the workplace and improving the recruitment, retention and training of healthcare workers. Adding further protections for healthcare workers into statute will be a priority for the MHA during the next legislative session.
Members with questions about ordering workplace posters may contact John Karasinski at the MHA. Members with questions about legislative activity should contact Adam Carlson