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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Jan
09
2012
Using Smartphones to Document Stalking
By Aimee Burnett, KMVT.com January is National Stalker Awareness Month. More than 26 million adults are stalked every year in the U.S. “There’s people being stalked that don’t even realize it’s happening to them,” said Pam Harris, Mini-Cassia Shelter. 1 in 6 women have experienced stalking at one point in their lifetime and about 1 …
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Dec
23
2011
Bennet, Casey Stand Up for Health Care for Domestic Violence Victims
from InsuranceNewsNet.com U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bob Casey (D-PA) today pushed for married survivors of domestic violence to receive the health insurance tax credit they deserve without putting their safety at risk by forcing them to file jointly or creating financial hardship. Bennet and Casey led a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner …
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Dec
16
2011
Workplace Violence Prevention: Be Proactive
from BLR Human Resource Network Rob Shuster believes that employers can’t be 100 percent successful in preventing workplace violence, but that asking the right questions and being on the alert for the right signs can go a long way toward protecting you and your employees. A former law enforcement officer, Schuster is now with IMAC …
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Dec
06
2011
AU: Family violence spills over into workplaces: study
By Ben Schneiders, The Age Domestic violence is directly linked with performance and productivity at thousands of Australian workplaces, a study has found. In the federal government-funded survey of 3611 workers, mostly women, 30 per cent said they had suffered family violence at some stage in their lives. Nearly half of those who had experienced …
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