from Safety Media Firms should make a new year’s resolution to boost health and safety in their workplaces, a leading professional asserts. Nattasha Freeman, the president of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), has called on businesses to ensure all elements of their company’s culture improve the wellbeing of its members. Whether through [...]

By David Jackson, The Chronicle Herald The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. is beefing up security to comply with rules meant to prevent workplace violence. “We want to make sure that we’re not only in compliance, but we exceed the requirements in the area,” corporation spokeswoman Jennifer Gray said Monday. The Crown agency is now seeking [...]

from JobsNewswire.com There are a growing number of incidents of spousal abuse occurring in the workplace, it has been reported. According to Management Issues, there are increasing reports of husbands coming to their wife’s office in order to continue arguments or disagreements. Furthermore, some women who are suffering from abuse are also experiencing workplace visits [...]

By Leischen Stelter, Security Director News When first approached in 1993 by the chief of police of Iowa State University to help develop a threat assessment and management team, Gene Deisinger, who was then employed as a clinical psychologist at the university, had very few higher education models on which to base such an initiative. [...]

By David Singleton, NewsItem.com Two to three times a day in America, an act of workplace violence ends in death. Most involve robberies in which the victim and the perpetrator do not know each other. But in nearly a third of the cases, the lethal violence is the result of a personal relationship gone awry. [...]

By Kimm Montone & Laura Legere, The Times Tribune From her office window, Deborah Bachak could see George Zadolnny leave his guard post every day and begin his security patrols at the Lockheed Martin plant where they both worked. The view was the same when they dated, off and on for nearly a year, and [...]