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 …
Tag Archive: Economy and workplace violence
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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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Mar
09
2010
Down economy means rise in workplace violence threat
By Kerri Panchuk, Dallas Business Journal If the case of a disgruntled financial services client who opened fire against his financial advisers in North Dallas can teach us anything, it’s that workplaces should not ignore threats or unusual behavior exhibited by employees and clients. That’s the point FBI educator and workplace violence expert Larry Barton …
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