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July 2019 - Edition 35
There are an estimated two million
workers who experience Work-
place Violence annually result-
ing in approximately 1.2 million
missed workdays each and every
a year.
The short video clip below features the
Four Types of Workplace Violence
as defined by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI).
Organizations without
Workplace Violence Preven-
tion Plan or those with out-
dated or insufficient plans
increase their vulnerability
and risk of civil litigation and
penalties.
(The FBI's Four Types of Workplace Violence.)
Additionally, there are liability
consequences as well, where out
of court settlements average
$500,000 and the average jury
verdict is approximately $3 mil-
lion dollars.
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