Tag Archive: Domestic violence at work

May 24 2012

Safeway reinstates clerk who defended pregnant woman

By Kate Moser Safeway has reinstated Ryan Young, the meat clerk who was suspended without pay for about a month after he intervened in a domestic disturbance at the grocery chain’s Del Rey Oaks store. The company gave Young his job back plus back pay and benefits on Wednesday, a day after Young’s union, UFCW …

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May 21 2012

In Indiana, domestic violence can pose dilemma for employers

By John Tuohy After her boyfriend beat her and threatened to kill her in October, Kristianne Rouster was issued a protective order that prohibited him from contacting her in person, on the phone or by text. Because such orders routinely include the workplace, Rouster told her employer, Pitney Bowes. Within a month, she was fired. …

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May 09 2012

Taking Aim At Workplace Violence

By Edward Boehm A recent shooting death in Long Beach, California, has placed the issue of workplace violence back on employers’ radar-screens. On February 16, a federal immigration agent was shot and killed by a coworker while at the workplace. The shooting occurred after a counseling session escalated into a physical confrontation and then turned …

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May 07 2012

New Study Examines the Role of Intimate Partner Violence in Workplace Homicides Among U.S. Women

Contact: Stacy M. Downey (304) 285-6076; Amy Johns (304) 293-1412 Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure …

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