The House of Representatives passed legislation to require hospitals and other healthcare employers to take specific steps to prevent workplace violence against staff and patients.
Multiple U.S. Senators called on leaders of the Appropriations Committee to include $50 million in funding for gun violence prevention research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The State of Ohio is launching an enhanced training program aimed at educating state employees about domestic violence and its impact on the workplace.
Security can take multiple forms. There’s physical security, cybersecurity, and of course, security as it relates to workplace safety. It’s unethical to knowingly put employee and/or client lives on the line. Negligence can cost organizations a pretty penny in court, and especially in the wake of the mass shootings that have occurred in current and former places of employment this year, workplace violence is an issue that can’t be taken lightly.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis will develop the nation’s first program to train healthcare professionals to help their patients reduce firearm-related injury and death.
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will house a $6 million multidisciplinary, multi-institutional national research and training center on school safety that will provide schools with training and technical assistance to prevent school violence.
Mass shootings, like the one that occurred at the Walmart Supercenter on the east side of El Paso, Texas on August 3, 2019, are sadly becoming more common.
A new Portland State University study suggests that bullying bosses aren't just bad for employee morale and well-being — they can also be bad for workplace safety.
