Monthly Archive: April 2008

Apr 30 2008

Media Advisory – Ontario Nurses’ Association President to Speak on Workplace Violence

from CNW Group TORONTO – Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, will mark May Day 2008 by joining placard-waving front-line nurses and others calling for an end to workplace violence. Haslam-Stroud will speak about a series of violent incidents in Ontario health-care facilities that threaten the health and safety of front-line nurses. She …

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Apr 30 2008

Students take charge, practice self-defense

By Jeanetta Bradley, The Orion In the midst of school shootings and debates about carrying guns on campus, students are thinking about how to protect themselves. And they are finding ways to, from self-defense classes to carrying personal weapons. Sophomore Kendra Carson decided to buy a knife to protect herself, she said. She has owned …

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Apr 30 2008

Schools Take Steps To Curb Cyberstalking

from wesh.com Video: Cyberstalking Added To Code Of Conduct While bullying has always been a problem at schools, officials said there’s online bullying to worry about. Officials said students who harass or intimidate each other online during school hours at school will be penalized. The move comes after three DeLand Middle School students allegedly used …

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Permanent link to this article: http://workplaceviolencenews.com/2008/04/30/schools-take-steps-to-curb-cyberstalking/

Apr 30 2008

Questioning Zero Tolerance on Guns

By Kristen B. Frasch, Human Resources Executive Online The recent firing of a Pizza Hut driver who shot an armed robber during a hold-up adds heat to an already stirring controversy over employers’ rights to ban weapons to keep workers safe versus employees’ rights to protect themselves. The driver, James William Spiers III, 38, was …

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