Violence in the Workplace

Contents

• Introduction
• Washington Policies and Rules
• Articles and Resources
• Additional References

Introduction

Violence is all around us. The evening news will often include articles about an employee "going postal" and shooting his or her fellow employees, or an estranged spouse going to the workplace to inflict harm. Fights may break out in the lunchroom over work assignments. Violence, obviously, is disruptive, and it can be deadly. This page explores some of the reasons for violence, offers some ways to help curb it, and provides policies that provides consequences for violations.

Washington Policies and Rules

• Lynnwood Policy No. 790, 01/05/2001 - Workplace Violence and Weapons Prohibition
• Okanogan County Workplace Violence Rules 2.24.550 ()
• Pierce County Ordinance 2006-12 () - Addressing domestic violence in the workplace (Pierce County Code Ch. 3.13)
• University of Washington Policy and Procedure on Workplace Violence

Articles and Resources

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - What is workplace Violence?
• Domestic Violence - Workplace Impacts
• Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers (), U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety - Health Administration
• Preventing Workplace Violence, prepared by AFSCME
• 10 Steps for Preventing Violence in the Workplace, prepared by Carlos Arauz, Human Resources Director, City of Phoenix, AZ
• Violence in the Workplace, Current Intelligence Bulletin 57, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies by US Department of Health and Human Resources, 07/1996
• Workplace Violence, 1993-1999 - Data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys (NCVS) for 1993-99
• Health and Safety Topics: Workplace Violence, U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration
• Workplace Violence: Issues in Response, prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, 03/2004
• Creating a Workplace Violence Prevention Program (), Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, 01/2004
• Work/Life Group Workplace Violence, U.S. Office of Personnel Mangement
• Domestic Violence in the Workplace (), New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
• Workplace Violence Articles, compiled by the National Institute for the Prevention of Workplace Violence
• New Domestic Violence Leave Expands Washington Employees' Right to Time Off, by Mark Busto, Sebris Busto James, 09/2008

Additional References

• Selected MRSC Library Holdings

Related MRSC Resources

MRSC Index - Violence in the workplace, domestic violence in workplace