Tag Archive: Economy and workplace violence

Nov 25 2010

Employment Screening Information for Employers

Press Release from Employment Screening Resources According to a press release from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), a recently released study revealed that more than half of the nurses surveyed by ENA – a mean of 54.8 percent – reported experiencing either physical or verbal abuse at work in the past seven days, which means …

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Jun 02 2010

Cutting Security Costs May Increase Risk

Press Release from iStockAnalyst.com Controllers trying to keep a lid on security costs will find the challenges greater and the stakes higher than in other functional areas. An organization that goes below a certain minimum security spending will find itself assuming a level of risk that it simply can’t live with. Statistics reveal that companies …

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Apr 19 2010

When a workplace is no longer safe

By Lucy Blatter, amNewYork Though they garner lots of media attention, workplace homicides like that of Yale University student Annie Le last fall are extremely rare. More often, workplace violence comes in the form of assaults, threats and stalking. And it’s an issue of increasing importance. According to Paul Viollis, CEO of Risk Control Strategies, …

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Mar 22 2010

CofC professor: Workplace violence rising as down economy lingers

By Matt Horton, live5news.com When the term “going postal” was first coined in the 1980s, it was fairly simple to understand: 40 percent of violent acts in the workplace were committed by those who were employed by their local post office. However, a lot has changed since the 1980s. “You have a better chance of …

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