Verbal_Agression_In_The_Workplace

Verbal Agression In The Workplace WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP VERBAL AGRESSION IN THE WORKPLACE To understand what can be done to stop verbal aggression or violence in the workplace, you first have to understand a few things-like the fact that it might not be a co-worker or a boss, it could be a customer, patient, UPS man, postal worker or a number of any other people you are coming in contact with you at your workplace. Now think about that, all those different people, all with different lives and upbringings. I think that’s a pretty scary thought. So that means you need to be prepared for something like this to happen. I don’t mean being so paranoid someone is going to say or do something to you, just be aware. The US Dept of Labor sites there was 674 workplace homicides in 2000, accounting for 11% of the 5,915 fatal workplace injuries. There are a few things that you can and should do if you came across some sort of aggression in the workplace. According to Suite101.com, most companies should have a zero tolerance statement regarding workplace violence. I know that in my own personal workplace situation, working for the federal government, they have workplace, violence, should, violent, understand, something, people, just, aggressive, training, think, stop, sort, sites, regarding, persons, personal, person, need, little, happen, going, few, done, different, companies, being, behavior, avoid, aggression, acquired, according, newly, change, zero