Bernie Dyme on February 18th, 2010

In my last post about follow-up questions to January’s Interactive Roundtable on Violence in the Workplace, I addressed a handful of the questions participants emailed in following the discussion.   
Here are some of the additional questions that I think more and more businesses are asking about workplace violence prevention, and my recommendations for addressing this issue:
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Bernie Dyme on February 16th, 2010

Last month, EmployeeScreenIQ sponsored an Interactive Roundtable on Violence in the Workplace, moderated by Kevin Grossman at HRmarketer.com.  It was a lively discussion with an engaged audience and the panelists, myself included, received a lot of great follow-up questions from participants after the event as well. 
In fact, there were a number of questions that I [...]

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Bernie Dyme on January 19th, 2010

Workplace violence can come from colleagues, customers, criminals and others.  Unfortunately, all of it takes a toll on organizations.   Whether it’s on the rise remains to be seen, but workplace violence is certainly getting a fair amount of media attention these days. 
Case in point, the Fort Hood shootings that took place in November last year [...]

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Bernie Dyme on October 7th, 2009

I may get myself in some trouble for this one but I just can’t help myself.  I just don’t get it.  The State of Arizona and, this is the twelfth state in the union to do this, just passed legislation making it legal for concealed firearms to be allowed in locked vehicles at the University [...]

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In March, I wrote a blog titled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch or EAP.”  Well, this is my follow up.  And why do I feel the need for a follow up?  It’s simple. Because there are so many indirect costs associated with “free” employee assistance programs (EAPs) – and they can be [...]

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