from CFO Daily News In addition to wreaking havoc on morale and productivity, workplace bullying may even land complacent employers in legal trouble. Reason: New York and 11 other states are considering legislation that would protect workers from abusive bosses and co-workers. To prevent workplace bullying, employers should be well-versed in all its forms. Aside [...]

By Wendy N. Powell, The Huffington Post I have been bullied, you may have been bullied. We all know who they are, but do we know how to deal with them? Joe was a very good egg. He was the most knowledgeable and reliable of the managers and was the “go-to” person for all of [...]

By Leischen Stelter, SecurityDirectorNews.com When AutoZone developed its workplace violence and active shooter program, it purposely designed it to be all-encompassing. “We intentionally stayed away from training that was specific to position or title,” said Chuck Bryant, director of security and investigative operations at AutoZone, an autoparts franchise. “We didn’t want to have an active [...]

By Angela K. Brown, SecurityInfoWatch.com Military supervisors must have access to soldiers’ personnel records and be aware of signs of potential workplace violence, the Defense Department said Friday in its final report on the Fort Hood shootings. The report addresses some government failures and other problems uncovered in the Pentagon investigation launched after the Nov. [...]

Press Release from PR Newswire ODS Security is now combining the principles of Family Centered Care with threatening behavior protection training to augment its protective services for healthcare and hospital security. ODS Security recognizes the increasing need for its hospital security guards to be trained in observing and recognizing threatening behavior to avert the growing [...]

By James Alan Fox, Boston.com Earlier this month, days after the mass shooting at a Connecticut beer distributor, I was asked by a local TV news station to analyze and comment on a recorded 911 call from the gunman that the State Police had publicly released. It was the killer’s exceptionally calm demeanor that people [...]

By Frank Rudewicz, Hartford Business.com The senseless act of violence carried out at The Hartford Distributors earlier this month will not easily be forgotten. While the community mourns the loss of the eight innocent victims, we must also remember the multitude of surviving victims as well. This painful and tragic event has consequences well beyond [...]

By John Byrnes, SecurityInfoWatch.com Earlier this month, 34-year-old Omar Thornton shot and killed eight people at the Connecticut beverage distributor where he worked before turning the gun on himself. According to published reports, Thornton had just been asked to resign after being shown surveillance footage that allegedly caught him stealing beer from the business. Thornton [...]

By Stephanie Chen, CNN Timothy A. Dimoff, president of a small business in Ohio, knew trouble was brewing when an employee told him that an embittered co-worker had “started talking about how maybe he should just go home and get his gun.” His company, SACS Consulting, Inc. — which specializes in human resources and workplace [...]