from The National Union of Public and General Employees
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU/NUPGE) plans to recruit and train a group of facilitators to hold workshops across the province to deal with bullying and psychological harassment in the workplace.
“There is an increasing interest in the issue,” the union says in a [...]

from Jeff May, New-Jersey On-Line
If you thought bullies only exist on playgrounds, think again.
A survey last year by the Workplace Bullying Institute (yes, that’s the name) found 37 percent of workers had crossed paths with a bully at the office, and usually it was the boss.
The nonprofit institute helpfully lists some symptoms of bullied [...]

from Adam Cresswell, The Australian
Doctors should warn their colleagues – both in their own rooms and in nearby practices – about potentially violent patients who they believe may pose a safety risk.
That idea is controversial among doctors – and may court conflict with privacy laws – but Victorian GP Leanne Rowe says it’s vital to [...]

Press Release from the Brady Center
Two major safety and security organizations – the American Society of Safety Engineers and ASIS International – joined the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in filing a “friend of the court” brief urging the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a 2007 federal district court ruling striking down [...]

from California Chronicle
Today, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma announced a bill that would allow all California workers to earn paid sick days that they can use to take care of themselves or sick family members. The bill, AB 2716, is co-sponsored by the California Labor Federation and ACORN, and is supported by a statewide coalition of advocacy [...]

from Sonja Puzic, The Windsor Star
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital has received $280,000 from the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) to help cover its costs for the inquest into the 2005 deaths of nurse Lori Dupont and ex-boyfriend Marc Daniel.
After a Hotel-Dieu hospital board meeting Wednesday, CEO Neil McEvoy said the amount is “very [...]

Press Release from Somerset International Group, Inc.
On average, 1.7 million workers are injured each year, and more than eight hundred die as a result of workplace violence according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The most extreme form of violence in the workplace, homicide is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United [...]

from CBS News
Interactive Map: A look at major incidents at U.S. workplace shootings in the last decade.

from Vancouver Sun
Re: When bullies turn work into hell, Feb. 26
This article reassures those who have “paid a price” for standing up to bullies that the abuse was not the victim’s fault.
However, I find the recommendations to take the matter to the company’s human resources department, launch a grievance through a union or file a [...]

from Harriet Alexander, Sydney Morning Herald
Staff at the Conservatorium High School claim the Department of Education has failed to protect them from bullying.
In the NSW Industrial Relations Commission yesterday, teachers said the department had failed to carry out a risk assessment of workplace bullying at the prestigious music school, which the Teachers Federation said had [...]