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Missed Warning Signs Of Workplace Violence In Fort Hood And Orlando Shootings

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 29th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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By Melissa Fleischer, Esq., HR Learning Center In the wake of the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood tragedy that left 13 dead and 42 wounded, employers can learn an important lesson about not ignoring the warning signs of workplace violence. Apparently military psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan had shown warning signs for years even since his [...]

Computers linked to some school shootings

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 29th 2010 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Charlene Laino, KOLD News 13 Abrupt restrictions on excessive computer use may have contributed to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting rampage, according to a researcher who combed through more than 30,000 pages of records relating to the tragedy. Before the attack, shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold spent “more and more time with [...]

Fewer Late-Night Retail Worker Deaths Still ‘Not Good Enough,’ OSHA Says

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 29th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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from ohsonline.com Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments addresses issues that OSHA says pointblank are causing late-night retail workers to be killed on the job. The agency has updated the document, and it is available for free download at www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3153.pdf. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data, 167 retail trade workers [...]

Protect your Workplace from the Violence and Murder of Annie Le at Yale University

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 28th 2010 under Healthcare violence   
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By Melissa Fleischer, Esq., HR Learning Center Don’t let an incident like the murder of Annie Le at Yale University happen in your workplace. Incidents of workplace violence happen regularly throughout the United States and threaten employers with liability on a daily basis. Yet statistics reveal that most employers fail to provide training on workplace [...]

AU: Workplace bullies cost $15bn each year

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 28th 2010 under Workplace bullying   
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By Nicola Berkovic, The Australian Bullying and harassment in the workplace costs the economy about $15 billion a year and is not properly addressed in occupational health and safety laws. In a draft report released yesterday, the Productivity Commission found 2.5 million Australians experienced some aspect of bullying during their working lives. It said while [...]

Companies gird for harasssment rules

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 28th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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By Don Fraser, The Standard For Fred Reynolds, it’s a given that employees must be sheltered from workplace violence and harassment. So complying with new rules that mandate it under the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act should be a cinch. “For us, it won’t be a problem,” said Reynolds, co-owner of McNamara and Reynolds [...]

School violence workshop helps identify risks

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, January 27th 2010 under School/Campus Violence   
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from KGET.com A school violence expert says it’s a myth to think that the school violence is only headline-grabbing homicide. The reality is that deaths resulting from school violence are rare. Assaults and intimidation are much more likely to occur on campus. That’s according to Dr. Kris Mohandi, who came to Bakersfield Tuesday to speak [...]

Indiana House Approves Bill Allowing Guns At Work

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, January 27th 2010 under Guns at work   
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from WCPO.com The Indiana House has approved legislation that would prohibit employers from banning guns in people’s locked cars on company property. State Rep. Robert Bischoff, D-Greendale, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee and author of the bill, says the Indiana House approved it Tuesday after a version cleared the state Senate on Monday. [...]

Seminar: Complying with Bill 168 Ontario’s New Workplace Violence and Harassment Legislation

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, January 26th 2010 under Workplace violence seminars   
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from Gowlings.com Seminar Description: Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace will come into force on June 15, 2010. Bill 168 requires every employer in Ontario, where more than five workers are employed, to take specific steps, including developing a violence [...]

Bill would make assault on nurses a felony

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, January 26th 2010 under Healthcare violence   
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By Cara Matthews, LoHud.com Senators approved legislation today that would increase penalties for individuals who injure or try to injure on-duty nurses. The penalty for assault on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses would be elevated to a class C or D felony. The bill now moves to the Assembly. RNs and LPNs have the [...]

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