New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act is now in effect; employers with at least 10 retail employees in New York State must adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy and provide interactive ...
A new survey reports that 38 percent of Gen Z retail workers witnessed workplace violence against a coworker within the past five years, compared to 13 percent of Baby Boomers, 20 percent of Gen X, ...
Every employee deserves to feel safe at work, yet incidents of workplace violence remain common. Every year, approximately two million people throughout the United States are victims of non-fatal ...
In the early 2000s, I was conducting a security assessment at a healthcare facility when I observed a telling moment in the waiting room. A mother, visibly stressed, had just learned from the ...
Question: I run a small non-profit. Last year, we implemented our workplace violence prevention plan and did comprehensive training for employees. Are there any periodic requirements we need to ...
The growing impact of workplace violence in the United States is profound, leading to physical injuries and psychological trauma for employees and substantial economic losses to employers.
Have you noticed lately that people are becoming at work being more aggressive, less patient and well - mean? If you have - you’re not alone - especially at work. Workplace violence is a pervasive ...
Workplace violence in the US is on the rise this year, a troubling new study found. One in three employees surveyed said they’d witnessed physical altercations in the workplace in the past five years ...
When I think about a safe workplace, I think first about systems to protect people from accidents. I think about PPE, lock-out tag-out systems, fall-protection harnesses, railings, guards, and all the ...
The Retail Workplace Violence Protection Act became law in New York state as of June this year. Retail violence is increasing across the U.S., driven by shoplifting, frequent assaults and the growth ...
Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...