2022 RMPC Risk Mitigation Activities
This year’s RMPC program is designed to maximize impact on high-risk areas and mitigation gaps identified in UE’s claim and risk management expertise. Your risk mitigation activity options in the RMPC will reflect your in-force insurance policies.
Please select one risk mitigation activity to complete from one of the categories listed below.
Once you've selected a risk area and activity to implement, return to your RMPC dashboard to continue the program.
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Educators Legal Liability (ELL) Topics
Activity Option 1
Train supervisors on one or more of the following workplace harassment and discrimination subtopics:
- Avoiding retaliation
- Responding to allegations of workplace harassment
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Resources
- Online Course | Workplace Harassment Prevention—Supervisors (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Mosaic: Prevent Discrimination and Harassment Together—Supervisors (K-12)
- Online Course | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—Supervisors (Higher Ed)
- Guide to Preventing Retaliation on Campus
- Legal Literacy for Supervisors
Activity Option 2
Train employees on one or more of the following workplace harassment and discrimination subtopics:
- Workplace harassment and discrimination
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Resources
- Legal Literacy for Supervisors
- Online Course | Workplace Harassment Prevention—Employees (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Mosaic: Prevent Discrimination and Harassment Together—For Employees (K-12)
- Online Course | Committing to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—Faculty and Staff (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Preventing Sexual Harassment (Higher Ed)
Activity Option 3
Audit and assess current protocols used for documenting employee performance.
Resources
- Review Your K-12 School’s Performance Management System (K-12)
- Checklist: Assessing Your Employee Performance Evaluation System
- Online Course | Avoiding Supervisory Pitfalls
Activity Option 4
Audit your investigation and response procedures for allegations of workplace harassment and discrimination.
Resources
Activity Option 1
Train employees on one of the following:
- conducting investigations for instances of alleged sexual harassment or Title IX violations
- conducting hearings for instances of alleged sexual harassment or Title IX violations
- serving as institution-appointed advisors under Title IX
- your Title IX reporting procedures for employees
- ED Releases Title IX Regulations Governing Sexual Misconduct: Guidance for K-12 Schools
- your employee/student consensual relationship policy
Activity Option 2
Train students on your Title IX process. (Higher ed only)
Resources
Activity Option 3
Develop a communications/awareness campaign for your Sexual Harassment or Title IX reporting mechanism.
Activity Option 4
Conduct a tabletop exercise or workshop that practices the institution’s response to allegations of student sexual misconduct
Resources
- Crisis Response: A Library of Tabletop Exercises
- Employee-on-Student Sexual Harassment Claims in Higher Education
Activity Option 5
Develop a communications/awareness campaign for your sexual harassment or Title IX reporting mechanism.
Activity Option 6
Develop/review a list of third-party support for resolving harassment allegations or Title IX complaints (investigators, hearing officers, Title IX advisors, etc.)
Resources
General Liability (GL) Topics
Activity Option 1
Train employees on common causes of accidents/falls.
Resources
- Slips, Trips, and Falls Course Collection
- Checklist for Indoor Floor Safety
- Checklist for Investigating Accidents Causing Personal Injury
- Prevention and Protection Podcast: Trends in Accident Investigation Claims
- Checklist for Safety at Commencement and Other Special Events
Activity Option 2
Develop a protocol for investigating slip and fall accidents and injuries.
Resources
- Checklist for Indoor Floor Safety
- Checklist for Investigating Accidents Causing Personal Injury
- Prevention and Protection Podcast: Trends in Accident Investigation Claims
Activity Option 3
Audit past incidents and near misses for ways to reduce hazards causing injury.
Resources
- Checklist for Indoor Floor Safety
- Checklist for Investigating Accidents Causing Personal Injury
- Checklist for Safety at Commencement and Other Special Events
Activity Option 4
Conduct routine walkthroughs and train campus constituents on hazards to recognize and correct.
Resources
- Checklist for Indoor Floor Safety
- Prevention and Protection Podcast: Trends in Accident Investigation Claims
- Checklist for Safety at Commencement and Other Special Events
- Take Inventory of Your Off-Campus Real Estate
Activity Option 5
Identify and remedy campus areas with high slip and fall risk.
Resources
- Checklist for Indoor Floor Safety
- Prevention and Protection Podcast: Trends in Accident Investigation Claims
Activity Option 6
Develop and/or promote a process for faculty, staff and students to report problems/hazards.
Resource
Activity Option 1
Train on one or more of the following:
- Students, faculty, and staff who drive institution-owned vehicles.
- Drivers of institution-owned passenger vans.
- Drivers of institution-owned golf carts and/or utility vehicles.
Resources
- Online Course | Driver Safety Fundamentals
- Online Course | Golf Cart Safety
- Online Course | Passenger Van Safety
- Online Course | Defensive Driving Strategies: Get There Safely
- Golf Carts on Campus
Activity Option 2
Review and revise or develop one of the following:
- Transportation policy
- Motor Vehicles Record (MVR) check policy (or incorporate continued monitoring of MVR checks for all school drivers into your transportation policy)
Resources
- Golf Carts on Campus
- Checklist: Safety in Student and Employee Transportation
- MVR Checks for Employee Drivers
Activity Option 3
Run MVR checks for those who drive on behalf of your institution and develop a policy or process for ensuring compliance.
Resources
Activity Option 4
Establish or re-evaluate your traffic accident review board.
Resource
Activity Option 5
Review agreements with vendors of rented or chartered vehicles.
Resources
- Checklist: Safety in Student and Employee Transportation
- Managing Risks of Operating Vehicles Abroad
Activity Option 6
Create a vehicle accident report kit to include in all institution-owned vehicles.
Resource
Activity Option 1
Train signors on your contracting policy, model indemnity language and the significance of indemnification provisions.
Resources
- Online Course | Contracting Fundamentals
- Improving Contracting on Campus: Allocating Risks Between Parties
- Avoid Unfavorable Indemnity Provisions in Institution Contracts
- Checklist: A Guide for Reviewing Contracts
Activity Option 2
Review and revise or develop and implement contracting policy and procedures.
Resources
- Online Course | Contracting Fundamentals
- Improving Contracting on Campus: Allocating Risks Between Parties
- Avoid Unfavorable Indemnity Provisions in Institution Contracts
- Checklist: A Guide for Reviewing Contracts
Activity Option 3
Audit campus contracts for appropriate and consistent terms including indemnification language.
Resources
- Online Course | Contracting Fundamentals
- Improving Contracting on Campus: Allocating Risks Between Parties
- Avoid Unfavorable Indemnity Provisions in Institution Contracts
- Checklist: A Guide for Reviewing Contracts
Activity Option 4
Implement a central document storage and monitoring system to keep track of contract-related documents.
Activity Option 5
Develop a contract review checklist for contract signors.
Resource
Activity Option 1
Train on one or more of the following:
- Protecting minors from sexual abuse policy, protocols, and procedures
- Preventing and reporting sexual misconduct among college students
- Alcohol abuse prevention (higher ed only)
- Title IX personnel on your Title IX policies and procedures
Resources
- Online Course | Identifying and Reporting Sexual Misconduct (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Hiring Staff Who Work With Minors (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Shine a Light (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Impressions (Higher Ed)
- Webinar | Intervene: Cornell’s New Bystander Intervention Video & Workshop (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Alcohol: Know Your Limit (Higher Ed)
- Online Course | Identifying and Reporting Sexual Misconduct (K-12)
- Online Course | Hiring Staff Who Work With Minors (K-12)
- Online Course | Shine a Light (K-12)
- Campus Sexual Harassment: Title IX Training Requirements
- Checklist for Sexual Harassment Investigations
- Checklist for Title IX-Compliant Policies Against Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
- Checklist for Title IX-Compliant Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedures in Higher Education
- Title IX Coordinators Checklist: After the Regulations
- Title IX Supportive Measures, Remedies, and Sanctions: After the Regulations
Activity Option 2
Review and revise protecting minors from sexual abuse policies and procedures related to one or more of the following:
- Investigation and response
- Background checks and other screening procedures
- Reporting channels for mandatory reporters
Resources
- Prevent Sexual Abuse by Improving Volunteer Management at Independent Schools (K-12)
- Action Guide for Improving Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Efforts (K-12)
- Action Guide for Improving Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Efforts (Higher Ed)
- Background Check Fundamentals
- Educator Sexual Misconduct Policy and Audit Guide
- Reporting Suspected Child Sexual Abuse
- Protecting Minors on College Campuses: A Series of Checklists (Higher Ed)
- Protecting Minors on College Campuses: A Series of Checklists (K-12)
Activity Option 3
Create or review investigation and response checklist for suspected incidences of sexual abuse of minors.
Resources
- Action Guide for Improving Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Efforts (Higher Ed)
- Protecting Minors on College Campuses: A Series of Checklists (Higher Ed)
- Action Guide for Improving Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Efforts (K-12)
- Protecting Minors on College Campuses: A Series of Checklists (K-12)
- Educator Sexual Misconduct Policy and Audit Guide
Activity Option 4
Develop a communications plan to promote reporting options for suspected incidents of abuse of minors.
Activity Option 5
Implement a registry of all programs on campus involving minors. (Higher Ed)
Activity Option 6
Develop/review a list of third-party support for resolving harassment allegations or Title IX complaints (investigators, hearing officers, Title IX advisors, etc.)
Resources
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