By John Carvel, Guardian.co.uk
Disabled people are much more likely than the able-bodied to be hit, injured, bullied and humiliated at work, groundbreaking research for the Equality and Human Rights Commission will reveal today.
In the first comprehensive survey of discrimination in the workplace, the commission found 11.6% of employees with a disability or long-term illness experienced [...]

Press release from Ontario Public Service Employees Union
The Ministry of Labour’s extraordinary decision to charge the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for violations of the Occupational and Health and Safety Act sends a powerful signal to other health care institutions that it’s time they address issues of workplace violence, too, says the president of [...]

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart, Stratfor.com
As the global financial crisis grinds on, it is doing more than generating foreclosures, bankruptcies and losses in the financial markets: It also means people are losing their jobs as many companies cut back on staff in an attempt to stay solvent. Last week, banking giant Citibank announced plans [...]

By Remo Zaccagna, Herald-Tribune staff
For many victims of domestic violence, the workplace can be a sanctuary from their abuser, a place where for eight hours a day they can escape the horrors of their home life.
But victims are never far from the violence and it often follows them to work – sometimes in the [...]

By Donald J. Friedman and John K. Roche, Workforce Management Online
Many employers assume that they have the right to prohibit their employees from bringing guns to work. In an increasing number of states, though, this assumption is wrong. In at least nine states an employer cannot bar its employees from bringing guns to work and [...]

By Katherine Kersten, Star Tribune
Your sales director storms into the room and glowers at the trembling sales reps assembled there. He bellows about plummeting profits, blasts the poorest performers and reaches tsunami-level intensity when demanding greater exertions.
After he exits, you and your cohorts count the hairs left on your head. Your boss has some valid [...]

from PublicService.co.uk
Alan Campbell – parliamentary under secretary of state for crime reduction
Domestic violence is a devastating crime that can affect people from any walk of life. Too often it is hidden away behind closed doors, but I want to ensure it is brought out into the open and its root causes addressed.
In 2005, we launched [...]

from KARK 4 News
Restricting motor vehicle traffic between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. is one of four recommendations being made by UCA’s Emergency Notification Committee in the wake of last month’s deadly campus shooting.
Two students died in the incident that also injured a non-student.
Also included in the committee report today, three other suggested [...]

from Savannah Morning News
Savannah State University must improve its emergency response plan following last Friday’s on-campus shooting.
The emergency 911 call recordings involving last Friday’s shooting of a student on Savannah State University campus reveal the lack of an effective protocol to protect the institution and the surrounding community.
That’s dangerous. The university and area police can [...]

from Ledger-Enquirer.com
University of Georgia security officials are filming a video to train students on what to do if a gunman is loose on campus.
Steve Harris, head of UGA’s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, says the 15-minute video featuring UGA students and faculty will eventually be distributed to schools and colleges across Georgia. Production is [...]