Violence at Work (UK)
Violence at Work - Latest News
06/02/2010 |
Nearly half of new teachers do not feel properly equipped to deal with violence in the classroom, a survey by ATL suggests ... |
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05/02/2010 |
Councils have rejected a proposal from unions for a National Register of violent incidents involving social care staff... |
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03/02/2010 |
Skills for Care issues new guidance for social workers on dealing with threatening situations... |
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02/02/2010 |
A mental health charity has been fined £30,000 for failing to protect support worker Ashleigh Ewing, 22, who was stabbed to death by a service user in 2006. ... |
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26/01/2010 |
The Institue of Conflict Management is requesting feedback for its Work-related Violence Survey... |
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26/01/2010 |
HSE is inviting feedback on the Tool-Kit for Managing Violence in Licensed and Retail Premises. Please contact: Emma Wilde on Tel: 01298 218370 ... |
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26/01/2010 |
Violence at Work: Findings from the British Crime Survey 2008/9 published ... |
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25/01/2010 |
A man has been sentenced to 15 weeks in prison for attacking a bus driver by spraying an unknown substance into his face in June last year ... |
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18/01/2010 |
Physical assaults on staff at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust increased by over 150 per cent last year ... |
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04/01/2010 |
Bullying in the workplace has doubled in the past decade... |
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07/12/2009 |
A Conference & Exhibition on Lone Worker Safety is being planned for 11th May 2010 at Earls Court Conference Centre ... |
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18/11/2009 |
Advice and training from conflict specialists MAYBO has helped reduce assaults on staff by 52% at University College Hospital, London ... |
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17/11/2009 |
Assaults on NHS staff are occurring at the rate of 150 per day, according to the latest latest figures, 70% of attacks involve people with mental health issues ... |
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17/11/2009 |
New (free) guidance on preventing workplace harassment and violence launched ... |
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16/11/2009 |
National Safety Symposium: Delivering a knock-out blow to violence ... |
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11/11/2009 |
Attacks at work are 'part of the job' according to a security worker at Scunthorpe General Hospital. ... |
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10/11/2009 |
HSE has issued an Enforcement Notice to Hillingdon Hospital after complaints of security officers being expected to work alone... |
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09/11/2009 |
A 2008 survey of 1,100 retail staff found 80% of respondents had been abused verbally and 7% claimed to have been victims of physical violence... |
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08/11/2009 |
Bullying at work in the UK has doubled in the past decade according to a recent survey of 7,000 workers for public sector union UNISON... |
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02/11/2009 |
The latest survey from USDAW suggests 1 in 10 shopworkers has been physically assaulted whilst at work... |
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09/10/2009 |
Official figures show the total number of assaults against public sector workers in Scotland has fallen to 32,267 from 25,046 incidents in 2008 to 2009... |
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19/09/2009 |
Two mental health support workers who carried out a sickening assault on a dying elderly dementia sufferer could be facing a jail sentence. .... |
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10/09/2009 |
Onlookers at a bar warned bouncers they were going to kill a man who died while being restrained, a jury at Winchester Crown court has heard. .... |
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10/09/2009 |
CIPD factsheet (free download) looks at the legal implications of workplace bullying, as well as providing guidance on employers' and employees' responsibilities.... |
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09/09/2009 |
Eighty staff at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals were victims of violence or aggression during the first six months of this year .... |
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08/09/2009 |
Harsher penalty charges for rail passengers are putting staff at risk of assault says RMT Union General Secretary, Bob Crow.... |
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12/08/2009 |
Body cameras have reduced incidents of verbal abuse by 60% at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.... |
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31/07/2009 |
The NHS Security Management Service commences roll out of the Personal Alarm Device that has been approved for Lone Workers.... |
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31/07/2009 |
A man has been arrested following the death of a man who was restrained by shopping centre security staff in Swansea.... |
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18/07/2009 |
Door Supervisor who used a Full Nelson hold when attempting to eject a customer resulting in them being paralysed is jailed for four years... .... |
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08/07/2009 |
HSE RIDDOR figures show 176 school staff suffered acts of violence in 2007/8 and 26 attacks resulted in major injuries.... |
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02/07/2009 |
A store worker who fought off a drug addict who threatened her with a knife has packed in her job because she is too afraid to stay. .. |
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18/06/2009 |
Inquest to open into restraint-related death of black prisoner Godfrey Mayo at HMP Belmarsh .. |
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08/06/2009 |
NHS trusts given funds to allow staff at risk of violence to be provided with body armour .. |
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04/06/2009 |
Assaults on staff in the service industry are far from rare - the case for self-defence training for staff... |
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20/05/2009 |
The latest report from the British Transport Police shows that assaults on London Underground staff reduced by 5% last year... |
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20/05/2009 |
Man found guilty of attacking a Tesco security guard... |
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15/05/2009 |
Local government staff report high levels of violence and abuse... |
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12/05/2009 |
Hospital security guard attacked by a patient... |
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15/04/2009 |
Robbers have launched a terrifying attack on Group 4 security guards delivering cash to an ATM in Rochdale ... |
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14/04/2009 |
Schools are hiring bouncers to control rowdy pupils, it was revealed yesterday at the National Union of Teachers' conference. |
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09/04/2009 |
An Inspector in the Cleveland Police Force has been branded a bully by a judge after a worker said she had been intimidated. ... |
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06/04/2009 |
In a recent survey of 1,000 teachers, one in four had been attacked by pupils ... |
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02/04/2009 |
A woman who bit a security guard's ear off after being caught shoplifting at Debenhams in Croydon's Centrale shopping centre has been fined... |
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25/03/2009 |
Annual survey of NHS staff shows violence against staff remains relatively unchanged, but reports of bullying, harassment & abuse have declined... |
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25/03/2009 |
A teacher attacked at work by a 12 year old pupil in 2004 has received £275,000 compensation after his school failed to warn him about the dangers... |
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22/03/2009 |
Royal Mail staff at the Dorcan delivery office in Swindon have complained about bullying by management... |
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19/03/2009 |
A have-a go-hero who foiled a bank robbery in Barry town centre last year has been given a special award... |
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12/03/2009 |
Man who attacked a GP at the Latimer Health Centre in Hackney is jailed for eight months... |
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10/03/2009 |
Dr Sheelagh Rodgers, head of NHS Highland's psychological services at New Craigs Hospital, Inverness, has been cleared of bullying staff... |
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09/03/2009 |
A man has been sentenced to 16 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to assaulting a student nurse at Warrington Hospital... |
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05/03/2009 |
There were a thousand attacks on cash-in-transit couriers during 2008, a reduction of 6% on 2007... |
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05/03/2009 |
Efforts to prevent physical and verbal abuse against workers within voluntary organisations in Scotland are being stepped up... |
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04/03/2009 |
Economic crisis is blamed for bullying at British Telecom... |
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03/03/2009 |
Royal Mail worker given a written apology from his bosses after staging a roof top protest about his treatment in relation to bullying allegations. |
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18/02/2009 |
More needs to be done to protect Wales' NHS workers from violence, according to a report out today... |
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16/02/2009 |
The number of assaults on teachers by pupils in Peterborough schools has surged by more than 200 per cent since 2005 ... |
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15/02/2009 |
Three senior officials at the Unite Union have alleged they have been bullied at work by the PM's former spin doctor, Charlie Whelan ... |
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12/02/2009 |
NHS Security Management Service and ACPO sign another agreement to get tough on violence to NHS staff... |
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06/02/2009 |
A teacher who was assaulted by a pupil has been awarded £280,000 ... |
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04/02/2009 |
G4S security guard took his own life after becoming convinced his bosses were out to get him... |
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03/02/2009 |
Staff who are being bullied are suffering in silence rather than risk their job security by complaining, according to recruitment agency Hire Scores.... |
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29/01/2009 |
A fare dodger who repeatedly punched and head-butted a East Midlands Trains conductor has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. .... |
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27/01/2009 |
Survey indicates that more than 70% of British adults feel as though they have been bullied or witnessed bullying in the workplace.... |
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26/01/2009 |
National survey reveals that one in five NHS Scotland staff have personally experienced a violent incident... |
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22/01/2009 |
Care home manager wins £30,000 compensation from her employer after enduring months of harassment by a colleague... |
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20/01/2009 |
A security guard has received £180,000 in compensation from his employers, London Borough of Waltham Forest, after being attacked at work ... |
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16/01/2009 |
The Health & Safety Offences Act 2008 comes into force today, providing courts with greater sentencing powers for those who break health and safety law ... |
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15/01/2009 |
Lone local government workers are increasingly vulnerable to attacks and traffic wardens, now known as civil enforcement officers, are particularly vulnerable... ... |
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14/01/2009 |
Dr Sheelagh Rodgers, Head of NHS Highland's psychological services denies bullying and intimidating twelve colleagues in her department... |
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13/01/2009 |
Eight people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man during an armed robbery at a Worcestershire village post office. .. |
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13/01/2009 |
A fast food delivery driver was assaulted and robbed while he was taking food to a customer in the Crouch Road area of Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire .. |
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12/01/2009 |
Cleveland Police employee who ended up in hospital with stress after being bullied and overworked claims constructive dismissal.. |
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11/01/2009 |
Norwich gift shop staff attacked in violent robbery... |
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09/01/2009 |
A Post Office worker was shot dead today and his father seriously injured during an armed robbery at their village shop in Fairfield, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire... |
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08/01/2009 |
Abusive behaviour against public sector staff is rising (check out the horrifying statistics in this article)... |
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07/01/2009 |
Kitchen porter who was stabbed to death in a Wakefield Indian restaurant had been bullied at work by his alleged attacker... |
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03/01/2009 |
A fashion store in Bournemouth was forced to shut after angry customers screamed abuse and hurled stock at staff... |
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02/01/2009 |
New study suggests 1 in 20 British shoppers believe it is morally acceptable to verbally abuse a store employee if they were given poor customer service... |
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