Ross Arrowsmith

Author's details

Name: Ross Arrowsmith
Date registered: April 3, 2008
URL: http://workplaceviolencenews.com

Biography

As a Senior Corporate Security Advisor for the WCB-Alberta, Ross Arrowsmith was involved in the development of the WCB’s workplace violence prevention strategies which is the model for the Preventing Violence at Work program now being promoted throughout Alberta. With over 20 years in security and investigations, Ross has extensive experience in high-risk situations and has personally assessed and managed thousands of cases of threatening, aggressive and inappropriate behaviour. Based in Calgary, he spends much of his time delivering the Preventing Violence at Work program to companies throughout southern Alberta. Phone: (403) 517-6003 E-mail: ross.arrowsmith@workplaceviolencenews.com

Latest posts

  1. Make My Day business law that would protect use of deadly force in workplace advances in Colo — February 3, 2012
  2. Bill 168 Changes the Assessment of Workplace Violence — February 2, 2012
  3. 40 per cent of Canadians are bullied at work — February 1, 2012
  4. AU: Draft Code of Conduct regarding bullying in the workplace — February 1, 2012
  5. Medical Center Psychiatrist Wins Award for Book on Workplace Violence — January 31, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. When Workplace Bullying Goes Too Far — 3 comments
  2. Workplace psychopaths leave a trail of destruction — 3 comments
  3. Good Morning America Takes On Workplace Bullying — 3 comments
  4. Violence against nurses on the rise in hospitals — 3 comments
  5. 7 Factors that Drastically Increase Workplace Violence — 3 comments

Author's posts listings

Feb
03
2012

Make My Day business law that would protect use of deadly force in workplace advances in Colo

from The Washington Post Colorado takes pride in its Western entrepreneurial spirit — and that extends to the belief of some lawmakers that business owners should be able to use deadly force against anyone who tries to take what’s theirs. It’s an idea that conjures Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, and its supporters have taken liberties …

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Feb
02
2012

Bill 168 Changes the Assessment of Workplace Violence

By Nadya Tymochenko, Miller Thomson LLP In a recent arbitration decision upholding a termination, an arbitrator held that Bill 168, which amended the Occupational Health and Safety Act, revises the assessment of workplace violence. The grievor was terminated for a threat made to her union representative during a return to work meeting following her attendance …

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Feb
01
2012

40 per cent of Canadians are bullied at work

By Brandon Miller, YourMoney.ca There’s been an increased awareness about bullying in the last couple of years. The media has finally started to pick up on the issue, seeing it as more than schoolyard taunts. We’re talking online bullying, violence, intimidation, and overall torment. High-profile teenage suicides – most of them LGBT teenagers, who have …

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Feb
01
2012

AU: Draft Code of Conduct regarding bullying in the workplace

from Eddy Neumann Lawyers Much attention has been focused in regards to the need for a national code outlining behaviours that compromise ‘bullying’ in the workplace, as well as developing policies and procedures that addresses the problem. A Draft Code has now been released by Safe Work Australia for comment. Small businesses dealing and bullying …

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Jan
31
2012

Medical Center Psychiatrist Wins Award for Book on Workplace Violence

from University of Rochester Medical Center Michael R. Privitera, M.D., M.S., associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will receive the 2012 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, which is given for an outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry. Privitera, director of the Psychiatry Consultation Service at the Medical Center, edited …

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