If background checks are eliminated from the hiring process all together, be prepared for more cases like Penn State, the Boy Scouts of America and the endless cases we have seen
involving workplace violence.
It will no doubt arise as an issue because there is, currently, a difference in the right to refuse work between matters
involving workplace violence and those involving workplace harassment.
Not exact matches
Jim's practice
involves providing advice on every aspect of the employment relationship, including hiring, employee terminations, discipline, accommodation, human rights and occupational health and safety (including
workplace violence and harassment).
Our
Workplace Investigations Team is uniquely equipped to conduct, manage, supervise, and provide advice regarding workplace investigations involving a variety of employment - related issues, including harassment and discrimination, safety, workplace violence, ethics, interpersonal conflicts, financial misconduct, and violations of employer
Workplace Investigations Team is uniquely equipped to conduct, manage, supervise, and provide advice regarding
workplace investigations involving a variety of employment - related issues, including harassment and discrimination, safety, workplace violence, ethics, interpersonal conflicts, financial misconduct, and violations of employer
workplace investigations
involving a variety of employment - related issues, including harassment and discrimination, safety,
workplace violence, ethics, interpersonal conflicts, financial misconduct, and violations of employer
workplace violence, ethics, interpersonal conflicts, financial misconduct, and violations of employer policies.
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this could also
involve:
workplace violence; rape, robbery, or assault on rented property; assault at a place of business; assault at a school, church, or other such public place; or assault at a hotel, motel, or resort.
Nevertheless, even in cases
involving serious acts of
violence, a court will still apply the contextual approach set out the Supreme Court of Canada in McKinley before deciding whether summary dismissal is the proportionate response to the act of
workplace violence.
Additionally, local authorities generally will not get
involved in a situation where employment
workplace violence is feared — such as where one employee makes threatening statements about a co - worker / manager.
Practical aspects of preparing policies, programs, managing and investigating alleged harassment and
workplace violence, whether
involving sexual or other harassment or
violence.
When things go wrong in the
workplace — whether
violence, theft, accidents, or worse — the conversation inevitably turns to what could have been done to prevent it and what more we should have known about the people
involved.
A better definition of
workplace violence should account for the type of offense, circumstance — where and when an incident occurs, and whether it is considered to be «on - the - job» — and party or parties
involved.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) defines «
workplace violence» as «
violence or the threat of
violence against workers» that
involves any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in, or related to, the
workplace, and includes behaviors ranging in aggressiveness from verbal harassment to murder.