Workplace violence, which can range from threats, verbal abuse, up to physical assault and homicide, has increased at an annualized rate of 5.3% per year from 2011 through 2021-22, according to a ...
Join OH&S Executive Editor David Kopf for an Executive Q&A with two BSI experts who help organizations prepare for and ...
Violence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International Labor Organization, with women slightly more likely to be ...
At a time when indiscriminate violence permeates American life, it has become a mind-numbing staple that often leads the nation's 24/7 news cycle. Acts of fury inevitably spill into the workplace ...
Workplace and community violence in American hospitals not only inflicts pain and trauma on healthcare workers. It also drives costs higher for an already stretched hospital system. A recent research ...
For employers, the practical lesson extends beyond workplace violence itself. Compliance is increasingly measured not by the ...
A recent study from the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Eastern Finland published in the Journal of ...
Everyday acts of workplace violence affect more than a million Americans each year. A federal study published last year found an annual average of 1.3 million nonfatal workplace violence incidents ...
Employees often choose to keep their workplace violence concerns private. The unspoken nature of these concerns can mislead employers, giving them a distorted view of the risks facing their workforce ...
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 ...
Workplace violence in Manitoba is growing at an alarming rate, with victims including nurses, teachers and retail staff, but ...