Monthly Archive: November 2009

Nov
30
2009

Handling conflict

By Frank Newberry, PitchCare.com In these difficult times of increased workloads and higher anxiety levels, conflict in the workplace can so easily arise. Consultant and Conference Speaker, Frank Newberry, argues that conflict at work is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, conflict has always been around; it is natural and healthy and can lead …

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Nov
30
2009

Schools examining bullying in workplace

By Ryan McCarthy, Appeal-Democrat Women are more likely than men to be perpetrators — and much more likely to be targets as well. Workplace bullying issues were part of sessions provided to Yuba City Unified School District staff and presented by Timothy K. Baker, who teaches criminal justice at California State University, Sacramento. “It’s very …

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Nov
27
2009

Bully victim must seek help

By Joni Mar, TimesColonist Q: I am the victim of an office bullying and my supervisor turns a blind eye to the situation. What can I do? A: We expect bullying will end once we leave the school yard; however, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute (www.workplacebullying.org), almost half of working Americans have been affected …

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Nov
26
2009

UK: National Safety Symposium – Delivering a knock-out blow to violence

from Safety and Health Practitioner magazine The British Crime Survey estimates that there were 397,000 threats of violence and 288,000 assaults by members of the public on UK workers in 2006/07, causing 6404 injuries that were reportable under RIDDOR. Of these, four were fatalities, 932 resulted in major injuries and nearly 5500 caused non-major injury. …

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Nov
26
2009

UK: One in Three Are Bullied At Work

from AboutMyArea.co.uk New research by the University of Portsmouth Business School reveals that more than a third of public sector workers have experienced bullying in the last six months – double the number recorded in 1997. The research, conducted on behalf of UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union, was carried out by Professor of …

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