From Federated Press
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Objective:
Effectively managing incidents of workplace violence, intimidation and harassment to avoid employer liability.
Date & Location:
June 15th & 16th in Toronto
Course Topics:
- Conducting a risk assessment
- Developing a workplace violence prevention strategy
- Developing a workplace violence policy
- Investigating workplace violence and harassment

By Lily Garcia, The Washington Post
Is profanity a component of a hostile work environment? Loud (shouted) profanity about all manner of things from work situations to uncooperative computers… regular outbursts. Name-calling directed at third parties but not at the people within earshot. We know it is completely unprofessional and there is an anger management problem [...]

By Emma Jade, Local News 8
It’s a scenario no one wants their child to go through: an active shooter opening fire at school. The scenario became a little more real for students and teachers at Firth High School on Tuesday, who went through a simulation of a gunman opening fire.
The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office [...]

By David P. Willis, APP.com
You should know it when you see it.
Verbal harassment at work, practical jokes, threats, intimidation, and even sabotage, are all the hallmarks of a workplace bully.
As opposed to tough management, “bullying is a level of misery that falls disproportionally on the few,” said Gary Namie, director of the Workplace Bullying Institute [...]

from PersonnelToday.com
Defusing potentially violent situations in the workplace is something that all employers need to be prepared for. Phil Boucher talks to those taking a proactive approach.
Most employers have to deal with angry customers and irate members of staff at some stage, but very few go down the route of some London schools and [...]

By Lisa Marchesoni, The Murfreesboro Post
Leading U.S. Army soldiers as an Airborne Ranger didn’t compare to the stark terror Ret. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman experienced learning about a middle school shooting March 24, 1998 in his hometown of Jonesboro, Ark.
“I cannot tell you the horror” of learning about a school shooting with his son in [...]

By Padraig OMorain, IrishTimes.com
Who are the biggest workplace bullies, men or women? Some new research in the US, which has been creating a bit of a stir over there, suggests that the answer depends on whether the target of bullying is a man or a woman.
The American research suggests that about 60 per cent of [...]

By Alexandra Johnson, Inc.com
Hair-pulling and tattling may seem like child’s play, but bullying is alive and well in the workplace. According to a study by the Bellingham, Washington-based Workplace Bullying Institute, 49 percent of U.S. workers report being affected by bullying at work—totaling 71 million Americans.
While men are the common offenders and tend to pick [...]

By Asher Adelman, Examiner.com
The United Nations, an organization which claims to be at the forefront of supporting human rights, is now defending itself against numerous complaints of bullying and harassment filed by UN employees against their bosses.
A number of female UN employees have filed sexual harassment charges against their managers, and to their dismay, many [...]

By Dian Schaffhauser, CampusTechnology.com
In an effort to bolster student safety, American University in Washington, DC is implementing a service from Rave Wireless that allows students to use their cell phones to call campus security instead of tracking down the closest blue-light emergency phone.
As part of the RaveGuardian service, by pressing a certain key on the [...]