Of all the difficulties U.S. employers face on a daily basis, none can compare to the grim and daunting task of advising an employee’s loved ones that their love one’s life was lost while at work in a violent incident. Just ask someone who has done it.
Not surprisingly, the likelihood for workplace violence to erupt increases exponentially when an agitated individual who seeks instant revenge has immediate access to a gun. Workplaces where guns are permitted are about five times as likely to experience a homicide as those where all weapons are prohibited, according to a study conducted by the University of Chapel Hill.