By Janice Harper, Huffington Post One year ago this week, Omar Thornton, a delivery truck driver, methodically shot and killed eight of his co-workers at Harford Distributors in Manchester, Connecticut, wounded several others, then shot and killed himself. Was Thornton bullied in the workplace, mobbed by management and co-workers to the point of mass murder? …
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Oct 01 2010
Preventing Workplace Violence
By Melissa Fleischer, Esq., HR Learning Center There is a central theme that runs through many of the recent workplace violence incidents. It is that violence has become the knee jerk reaction of many employees when they are disciplined. Let’s examine some of the most recent examples of this and determine whether there were ways …
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Sep 29 2010
Workplace violence concerns HR professionals
By Richard Lee, Connecticut Post Shots ring out in a downtown office building, and two workers fall to the floor, creating bedlam as fellow employees run for cover. The shooter, a frustrated co-worker, then shoots himself, and the answers to why he took such drastic measures die with him. The scary scene is something that …
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Sep 07 2010
Updates made to state’s workplace violence prevention manual
from ConnecticutPlus.com Governor M. Jodi Rell said today that human resources offices throughout state government will now be required to complete and submit checklists certifying that workplace violence complaints are being properly investigated. The change – one of many – is part of an update to state’s 50-page Violence in the Workplace Policy and Procedures …
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