Articles Tagged with ''workplace violence''

Approximately 9 million handgun owners in the United States carry loaded handguns on a monthly basis—about 7 million of whom have concealed carry permits—while 3 million report carrying on a daily basis.

New York City lawmakers passed legislation that will require employers to allow people to use their paid time off for issues relating to sexual abuse, domestic violence, stalking, and human trafficking.

A new study offers a four-phase approach for businesses to use following a violent incident.

Researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and Western University took an unconventional approach to understanding the significant effects of domestic violence in the workplace.

Some campus resource officers in Spokane, WA, are asking the school district to train and arm them with guns.

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined by 18 Senate colleagues in introducing the Keep Americans Safe Act, legislation banning the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition and are designed for shooting en masse. 

Gunshot wounds cost Americans $2.8 billion in hospital bills alone per year, according to a new analysis that was published in the journal Health Affairs.