Monthly Archive: September 2007

Sep
28
2007

Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture – Workplace Violence PowerPoint presentation

The Nova Scotia department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture has prepared a PowerPoint presentation to outline their plan for addressing the requirements of the new provincial workplace violence legislation in Nova Scotia. The presentation covers; normal risk assessment identify the hazards risk assessment violence prevention plan procedure for aftermath information and training information and training …

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Sep
27
2007

Workshop takes on bullies

By John Quinlan, Sioux City Journal The Devil may wear Prada in the workplace, but her bully minions elsewhere could be sporting Armani, Ralph Lauren, hard hats or hospital scrubs. Such is the state of workplace bullying, an insidious problem in America that Dr. Gary Namie calls a “silent epidemic.” Namie, director of the Workplace …

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Sep
26
2007

Screening firm taps Internet to get hard facts

By David Flaum, Scripps Newspaper Group With the business he’s in — background screening and identity investigation — you’d expect Jim Davis to skulk around Memphis in a trench coat with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. Truth to tell, Davis, the new chief executive officer of Verified Person Inc., is more the computer geek, …

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Sep
25
2007

The Prying Game – Background checks for job seekers are becoming more common – and more intensive

By NIKHIL SWAMINATHAN By his own estimate, David Seda should be six months into a job as a route sales representative for Frito-Lay, on the brink of receiving a raise and recently installed in his own apartment. Instead, the 22-year-old is unemployed and living in his father’s Bronx home – a victim of what he …

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Sep
24
2007

Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Checklist

from the WSIB Violence can happen in any workplace. However, people whose jobs involve any of the following factors are at increased risk of workplace violence: Contact with the public Exchange of money Delivery of passengers, goods, or services Having a mobile workplace (such as a vehicle) Working with unstable or volatile people Working alone …

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