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UK: Protection against violence at work

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, April 30th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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By Daniel Lombard, CommunityCare.co.uk It is estimated that in the UK a social care worker is the target of verbal abuse every 10 minutes and physical violence every hour. No less disturbing is the fact that at least half of all incidents are never reported or recorded as violent incidents. Social workers must be kept [...]

Bullish on Bullies

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, April 30th 2010 under Workplace bullying   
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By Nancy Schuman Long Island Press The recent news detailing the plight of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince from Massachusetts and her alleged experience of physical and verbal abuse by her schoolmates has brought daily intimidation by a bully to new public attention. No matter how old you are or where you are in your life or [...]

Workplace stress campaign launched by Unite

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, April 30th 2010 under Workplace bullying   
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By Helen Gilbert, PersonnelToday.com A year-long campaign to weed out workplace stress in the not-for profit sector has been launched by union Unite. According to research by the union, 90% of voluntary sector staff feel their wellbeing is being undermined due to the financial crisis facing charities. Rachael Maskell, Unite national officer for the not-for-profit [...]

Tufts Medical Center Signs Settlement Agreement with OSHA Pays $5,000 Fine for Numerous Violations in Tracking Injuries to Nurses

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, April 30th 2010 under Healthcare violence   
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from Massachusetts Nurses Association The management of Tufts Medical Center has been forced to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as to post a public notice this month for its registered nurses, detailing numerous lapses in its efforts to track injuries to nurses, including a significant number of needle stick injuries, which could have exposed [...]

Schools ready for crisis

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, April 29th 2010 under School/Campus Violence   
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from Pierce County Herald.com In this day and age of mass shootings and terrorism, besides the continuing possibility of natural disasters, Ellsworth school officials are ready to respond. A school crisis plan has been compiled by district administrators and approved by the local school board. The 35-page document is intended to guide officials through the [...]

Front-Line Registered Nurses Mark 2010 Day of Mourning

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 28th 2010 under Healthcare violence   
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from the Ontario Nurses’ Association The Ontario Nurses’ Association’s (ONA) 55,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals are today marking the 2010 Day of Mourning, honouring the thousands of workers who have lost their lives or been injured on the job. “It’s vital that we pause to remember the colleagues we have lost,” said ONA [...]

UK: Violence against staff in schools falls

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 28th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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By Calum Ross, The Press and Journal. Violence against staff in Aberdeen schools has fallen to a five-year low, new figures revealed yesterday. The number of violent incidents against employees in city secondary schools almost halved between 2007-08 and 2008-09, falling from 311 to 157. There was a similar downward trend in Aberdeen’s primary schools, [...]

P.E.I. can’t fall asleep on security issue

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 27th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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Editorial from The Guardian There was a time on Prince Edward Island when the premier of the day would curl up on a comfortable couch in Province House and take a nap. It’s unlikely Premier Robert Ghiz is sneaking in any catnaps these days, given the brickbats and such coming his way, but that’s another [...]

Safety on the Job Means Rejecting a ‘Business as Usual’ Philosophy

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 27th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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Press Release from Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Elementary teachers join in the National Day of Mourning on April 28th to commemorate workers whose lives have been lost or who have been injured in the workplace and in the movement to increase safety on the job for all workers. Safety in the school workplace is [...]

Documentary on postal rampages warns of the perils of the workplace

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Monday, April 26th 2010 under Workplace violence   
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from The Daily Tribune Awide-angle look at American workplace violence through a documentary filmmaker’s lens will zoom in on the shooting rampage at the Royal Oak Post Office Nov. 14, 1991. It appears filmmaker Emil Chiaberi’s film, “Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal,” achieves some balance as it looks into the reasons why Tom [...]

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