Workplace Violence
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State Laws Concerning Guns in Company Parking Lots Likely to Resurface
Employers in several states successfully fought off or stalled the implementation of such laws throughout 2012, often by arguing that employee safety, private property rights and workers' compensation costs are at stake.
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Tougher Law in Hawaii Aims to Protect Harassed Workers
Although many employers are complying with Act 206, some 'felt that it didn't need to be required,' notes employer group attorney.
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Johns Hopkins Shooting Spurs Improvements to Hospital's Workplace Violence Response Program
Following the shooting, part of the hospital's efforts to enhance its violence prevention planning included instructive courses with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit on identifying certain behavioral patterns that often predict a violent outburst.
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Same-Sex Partner Seeks Workers' Comp Survivor Benefits
In October 2011, Fadely was shot and killed by a former hotel employee who had been fired by Fadely nine days earlier, court records show.
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Transparency is Vital to Helping Employees Cope with Workplace Violence
Midmarket executives and managers often delay or defer training employees to more readily identify and report the warning signs of violent behavior for fear of exacerbating trauma-related anxieties stemming from the original incident, workplace violence experts say.
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Behavior, Environment Can Be Signals of Potential Workplace Violence
The challenge for employers and their workers, of course, is determining how best to weight identification of warning signs against the limitless variations of context and severity that are inherent to real-life applications.
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Trucking Firm Ordered to Reinstate Whistle-Blower, Pay $315,000
The award reflects $280,000 in back wages and interest, $15,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages, OSHA said. The federal agency does not release the names of employees involved in whistle-blower complaints.
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YouTube Workplace Safety Video on Response to 'Active Shooter' Goes Viral
The city of Houston's Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security produced the informational video, titled 'Run. Hide. Fight. Surviving an Active Shooter Event' and released it after the Colorado movie theater incident.
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After Workplace Violence Incident, Mental Health Resources a Must
Employers also should work to make sure employees are trained in techniques that can help them prevent or escape violent scenarios.
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Homicides Accounted for 11 Percent of Workplace Fatalities in '09: NCCI
From 1993 to 2009, the rate of workplace homicides fell 59 percent while the overall rate of homicides fell 47 percent, according to the study.
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Background-Check Tool Keeps Tabs on Sex Harassment Cases
Since mid-2010, the latest technology tool by ebosswatch.com has been nearly as popular among human resources and hiring managers as it has been with job seekers.
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Hospital Employee Sues Employer After Being 'Traumatized' in Hostage Drill
In the complaint, Ourida Diktakis alleges that the hospital's administrators intentionally did not inform her or the ICU staff of the drill.
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Texas Gun Law Adds New Level of Vigilance for Employers
More than a dozen states already have such laws and adding Texas to that group was a major coup for the gun rights lobby. Two previous bills had failed in the Legislature before SB 321—known as the Employee Parking Lot Bill—passed in May and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry.
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'Psychic' Injury Victim in Robbery not Due Workers' Comp
The April 2008 robbery at the Morrisville, Pennsylvania, business occurred while the claimant worked the night shift. Neither he nor a co-worker was physically injured, the court opinion states.
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Annie, Get Your Gun ... and Bring It to Work
A new Texas law gives gun owners a new right to store a weapon in their vehicle while at work. Where does that leave employers?
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Sexual Harassment Bills Proposed for Hotels
The proposed laws come in the wake of two alleged attacks by high-profile people in New York hotels, including the alleged sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the Sofitel in Manhattan.
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Ford Improves Worker Safety, Hollywood-Style
Researchers are creating a multinational avatar based on Ford’s North American virtual workers Jack and Jill. The new avatar will reflect the sizes and shapes of workers at assembly plants across the globe.
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Spider-Man Fall Puts Focus on Safety
The $65 million musical, the most expensive and ambitious ever done on Broadway, has faced many setbacks and delays in its attempt to open on the Great White Way. Most recently, the show’s producers announced they were delaying opening night by four weeks to Feb.
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Taking Control of Anger Management
Experts believe the recession has put more employees on edge because of heavier workloads and worries about job security as colleagues are pushed out the door.
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Fatalities Decline Among Solid Waste and Recycling Firm Workers
Total fatalities for all waste management and remediation service employees—including collection, landfill workers and other jobs—fell from 74 to 43 from 2008 to 2009.
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'There Is a New Sheriff in Town' What Employers Need to Know About OSHA Compliance Today
The officials responsible for federal programs aimed at worker safety and health emphatically reject what they perceive as the failure of the Bush administration to protect employees.
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Court Executives Who Own Parking Lot Can Be Sued in Fall
Executives of Connecticut employers may face new liability exposures, after a state court ruled that the workers’ comp exclusive remedy doctrine only shielded companies, not individuals from a negligence lawsuit by an injured employees.
