UK data shows trend toward workplace violence and aggression
Occupational health and safety specialists CE Safety analyzed data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and figures from Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) in the U.K.
HSE released the most recent annual data on violent incidents in the workplace, which was collected up to 18th of March 2020. 688,000 incidents of violence took place in the workplace in the U.K. – 389,000 of which were threats and 299,000 were assaults - comparable to 739,000 incidents the year previous.