Introduction
You can request a warning marker if there is a credible threat or risk to the health, safety, or wellbeing of yourself and others. These risks could include:
- physical attacks - whether visible injury occurs or not
- animal attacks - an animal is used as a threat
- verbal abuse - you feel threatened or intimidated and the abuse is personally directed by an individual or groups of people
- hate crime - behaviour is motivated by hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity
- attacks or damage to property
- work-related incidents involving you, or your family, which happens away from the workplace
- unwanted sexual conduct that has the purpose of violating your dignity or creating an environment that is hostile, intimidating, degrading or offensive.
Before you start
You should have a discussion with your manager about the concern to check they agree that a marker is justified. If they agree, you can submit a request.
Submit a request
Follow the steps below to request a warning marker against an individual.
1Email safety services
To submit a warning marker request, you can:
Email safety.services@eastriding.gov.uk
What you'll need to include
In your email, you’ll need to tell us the person’s:
- full name
- address or addresses
- nature of the risk.
2Email reviewed
Your email will be reviewed by two officers from the occupational health and safety team. We will contact you if we need more information to come to a decision.
Once we have all the information required, the officers will make one of the following decisions:
Agree a warning marker is required
If both officers agree a warning marker will be approved, go to step 3.
Disagree a warning marker is required
If one or both officers don’t agree a warning marker will not be approved. You will be emailed with the reasons why.
3What happens next
If the warning marker was approved the occupational health and safety team will email you and all key stakeholders. The stakeholders are responsible for sharing the information within their directorates and updating their systems.
The warning marker includes the:
- individual’s name and address(es)
- details of the risk
- the control measures that must be followed, determined by the risk matrix.
High-risk individuals
If the risk is considered high, a withdrawal of the service for the individual will be considered. The decision will be made jointly by the service area, occupational health and safety team and legal services.
Questions or concerns
If you have any questions or concerns you’d like further advice or information about or would like to discuss a request further, you can: