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  Archive for February, 2009

When bullying hits the workplace

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By Kevin Diakiw, Surrey North Delta Leader Employers are beginning to realize the cost of workplace bullying, as some experts estimate it can cost organizations up to $20,000 annually per worker targeted by physical or psychological harassment. If left unchecked, harassment at work can result in loss of general morale, erosion of an organization’s efficiencies, [...]

Ireland: Standing up to bullies

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By Maeve McGovern, Irish Independent Bullying is not something that stays solely within the confines of the schoolyard — it can just as easily creep into the workplace. It can be a hugely stressful experience, causing a lot of damage to both the employee and the employer. Recent studies carried out on the area of [...]

School shooting: Got safety?

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By Alex Gasick, The Lewis University Flyer April 20, 1999, was not only a tragic day but was also a watershed day regarding safety in schools and on college campuses across the country. This was the day two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 13 people and wounded 23 others, before taking [...]

Layoffs are miserable for those who go as well as those who stay

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By Shawn Doherty, The Capital Times Instructions in the 23-page manual from a local outplacement firm make it sound easy. Prepare a “private setting” with at least two chairs, a desk or a table, and no windows facing work areas. Equip the room with a phone and “all necessary materials; tissues, cups and a pitcher [...]

Virginia Tech graduate sees danger in Texas college concealed weapon bill

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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News John Woods’ heart still jumps when he hears hammering or shouting outside his window, even two years after his girlfriend was shot and killed in the Virginia Tech massacre. The routine emergency sirens at the University of Texas, where he’s now a molecular biology graduate student, tie his [...]

Women Bullies Often Target Other Women

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By Anna Wild & Jonann Brady, ABC News The bullying magazine executive played by Meryl Streep in the film “The Devil Wears Prada” is played for laughs, but women bullying other female employees in the real world is no laughing matter. Joan Frye, who worked in a hospital in Nashville, Tenn., said she endured nearly [...]

Oklahoma: Employers still can’t ban guns in cars

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By Marie Price, The Journal Record An Oklahoma law prohibiting employers from banning guns in workers’ locked vehicles in company parking lots survived arguments that the statute constitutes an illegal taking of property and is pre-empted by the federal Occupational Health and Safety Act, said an Oklahoma City University School of Law professor. Assistant OCU [...]

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