Violence in the Workplace

Violence in the Workplace

One issue that is of growing concern to Human Resource Managers is violence in the workplace. Violence is described as any incident in which a person is abused, threatened, or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work.
Violence can take place in many forms. These include: harassment, bullying, robbery, and any other unwanted, unwelcome, or uncalled for actions. Workplace violence not only comes from customers, clients, supervisors and robbers as well.
When thinking about workplace violence many factors need to be considered.
Some of these are:
- The impact on the person experiencing the violence.
- The impact on the person witnessing the violence.
- Violence may be external or internal in the organization.
- Violence may be aimed at the organization as a whole.
Many remedies for violence at work exist. These include safety measures, surveillance, organizational solutions and training staff in how to de...