Two cases before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals could place limits on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) ability to cite employers for failing to prevent workplace violence ...

California’s SB553, the nation’s first comprehensive and multi-industry workplace violence prevention law, has been in effect for almost a year. Many other states are following suit with their own ...

Recent workplace violence incidents in Illinois and a major hospital chain’s inclusion on a national list of safety offenders are intensifying demands for stronger prevention measures. Union leaders, ...

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted 125 hospital workplace violence cases since July 2023 — work that recently earned the office Scripps Health’s highest honor for ...

Several states have passed hospital workplace violence bills in recent weeks, adding to the growing list of states working to enhance healthcare employee safety. Most recently, on May 19, Washington ...

Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...

Stephanie Woods’ scariest moment as a nurse came when she was thrown against a wall by a patient who was more than twice her size. Woods, who is now the dean of the college of nursing at Texas Woman’s ...

In the early 2000s, I was conducting a security assessment at a healthcare facility when I observed a telling moment in the waiting room. A mother, visibly stressed, had just learned from the ...

California law requires employers to provide “safe and healthful” workplaces for their employees. When an employee’s safety in the workplace is jeopardized by someone within or outside of the ...

Albuquerque’s SAFE At Work campaign grows as law enforcement joins effort to train staff and connect survivors with resources ...