Unfortunately calls from dealers throughout the state, dealing with the nature of workplace violence, are becoming more commonplace. Arguments and sometimes fights between employees, verbal threats, written symbols and threatening actions and gestures are occurring with frequency. The situation is fueled by publicity surrounding various shootings and stabbings in the workplace, school houses, etc. Some dealerships have had threats from customers, or threats from spouses or significant others, as to the extra-relationship activities of a partner. Worth noting, the United States Postal Service has undertaken a campaign to have the term "going postal" eradicated from our daily discourse. While we, as a society, may not be much more violent than we have historically been, the difficulty seems to be that, with more population and faster media, instances of violence have become more severe and somewhat more pervasive. | |
What then can an employer do? The following are some strategies implemented by different companies, some of which may be significant in your workplace:
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