Crime is the number one problem facing the South African social structure today and

affects business in particular. We cannot escape it, but we can be prepared for it.

Are you and your staff ready to deal with a violent incident which may change your lives forever?

While workplace murders have grabbed media attention, they are only part of the problem. For each murder, there are countless other incidents of workplace violence in which the victim is harassed, threatened or injured, sometimes seriously.

• Any unnecessary violent act, whether physical or physiological, occurring in the workplace, leading to the physical or mental trauma of a manager or employee while performing their duties. Or any violent act perpetrated against the employee leading to mental and emotional trauma resulting in work performance problems.

THE DEFINITIONS

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): WORKPLACE VIOLENCE is any physical assault, threatening behaviour or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting. It includes but is not limited to beatings, stabbing, suicides, shootings, rapes, near suicides, psychological traumas such as threats, obscene phone calls, an intimidating presence, and harassment of any nature such as being followed, sworn at or shouted at.

Employers have both a legal duty and a moral obligation to provide a safe workplace. To prevent loss of life and injuries and to limit financial losses and potential liability, employers should institute policies and procedures to prevent violence from occurring in their workplaces.

These policies may include means to identify the potential for violence, procedures to prevent the occurrence of violence and, in the event prevention fails and an incident of violence occurs, plans to respond and mitigate further damage.

Under the General Duty Clause, of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), employers are required to provide their employees with a place of employment that "is free from recognizable hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees". This duty includes inspecting the workplace to discover and correct a dangerous condition or hazard in the workplace and to give adequate warning of its existence.

The OSHA General Duty Clause has been interpreted to mean that an employer has a legal obligation to provide a safe workplace. An employer that has experienced acts of workplace violence, or becomes aware of threats, or intimidation or other potential indicators showing that the potential for violence in the workplace exists or has the potential to exist, would be on notice of the risk of workplace violence and may be required to implement a workplace violence prevention program.

• Domestic spillover from the home unit into the workplace.

E.G. Spousal abuse, relationship abuse, Death threats.

• Violence can occur between manager and manager or subordinates and managers or clients and employees over work issues.

E.G. strike issues, lockouts, retrenchments, disciplinary issues etc

• Violence occurring from behavior issues

E.G. sexual abuse in the workplace, racism etc

• Violence against employees can come from third party criminal elements.

• Forming a planning group
• Working with your union
• Advantages of written policy statements
• Policy statement contents
• Warning signs of violence

Elements of a WPV Prevention Program include:

• A Clearly Written Company Workplace Violence Policy Statement
• Establish a Threat Assessment Team
• Hazard Assessment
• Workplace Hazard Control and Prevention
• Training and Education
• Incident Reporting, Investigation, Follow-up and Evaluation
• Recordkeeping

Pre employment screening

Security measures

• A Shooting
• Viciously Beating and Wounding a co-worker
• A Suicide Attempt
• Stalking
• A Domestic Violence Situation
• A Threat
• Veiled Threats
• A Threat at Work
• A Threat made by an ex-employee
• Threats from non employees
• Intimidation
• Frightening Behavior
• Disruptive Behavior

• Types of Investigations
• Administrative investigations
• Preparation and Procedures in Administrative Investigations
• Interview Techniques

• Administrative actions to keep an Employee away from the Work site.
• Disciplinary Actions
• Disabilities as a Defense against alleged Misconduct
• Ordering and Offering Psychiatric Examinations

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