Betsy Weintraub's article "Thinking About the Unthinkable: Developing a Plan to Keep Employees Safe from Workplace Violence," was published in HR Professionals Magazine.
A movie theater. An assisted living facility. A military base. An elementary school. A skyscraper. A grocery store. A tourist attraction. A community center. An office building. A church. What do all these places have in common?
For one thing, they are all workplaces, offices, buildings, shops where employees come and go every day, expecting just another nine-to-five, Betsy wrote.
They share another common trait: all of these locations have been targets of workplace violence resulting in fatalities.
Workplace violence is a relatively new threat to employee
safety. In fact, it was not until the 1980's that the Federal
Bureau of Investigation defined the term "workplace
violence," in response to the post office shootings that
occurred during that time, she explained.
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