Discusses reasons for establishing a program, guidelines for employers, guidelines for law enforcement agencies and where to get additional information.
Corporate Liability: Sharing The Blame for Workplace Violence
This document outlines several issues related to violence in the workplace, including: the consequences corporations may face, special programs for addressing occupational violence, as well as different initiatives that corporations may face.
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers
This informational booklet provides a general overview of a particular topic related to OSHA standards.
Preventing and Responding to Disruptive, Threatening, or Violent Behavior
Presents information designed to highlight stresses and risks in the work environment, to enhance workplace safety, and to reduce and prevent disruption and violence.
Preventing Homicide in the Workplace
This report states that workers in certain industries and occupations are at increased risk of homicide.
Preventing Violence in the Workplace
Addresses the procedures and protocols behind working with persons who have experienced or perpetrated occupational violence. Additional information pertinent to educating the staff is given.
Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments (pdf)
Analyzes and Evaluates retail locations hazards and means of protecting its employees. Additional prevention and intervention strategies are suggested as to reducing violence in the workplace as well as the risk of being victimized.
An article discussing legal concerns and tips for employers. It is one of many articles addressing a variety of legal topics provided by Venable, a business law firm.
Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007: Scaling Up
"Reviews progress that has been made in violence prevention since October 2002 and sets out what the World Health Organization and its partners can do over the next 5 years to expand programming and to demonstrate the impact of violence prevention."
Violence in the Workplace: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies
A 1996 report published by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Work-Related Homicides (pdf)
Provides information on work-related homicides, including information about the perpetrators, demographics of the decedents, and other relevant facts about these events, such as the time of the incident, the location, and the type of establishment in which the homicide occurred.
Workplace Policies and Programs
Gives model policies for managers, human resources, EAP, security, legal issues, and unions. Includes a workplace policy checklist.
Comprehensive website regarding aspects of violence in the workplace.
Workplace Violence Awareness and Prevention
OSHA offers an online guide to developing a workplace violence prevention program. The guide offers facts and information, critical elements of a program, sample forms, checks lists, a security survey, and a resource guide.
Workplace Violence: An Employer’s Guide
"With proper planning and effective programs, employers can dramatically reduce incidents of workplace violence." A brief article that outlines everything from the seriousness of the issue to what they as employers can do about this issue.