When economic downturns strike, supervisors are often confronted with layoffs, downsizing, terminations, and, unfortunately, more incidents of workplace violence. Last year, job-related homicides increased for the first time in six years.

Yet, in 85% of the workplace violence incidents the warning signs were clear long before the violence occurred because the anger that drives most perpetrators of workplace violence is allowed to come to full blossom right under the noses of their co-workers and supervisors. Why is that? It happens because most employees either don't know the simple and clear warning signs, or they didn't want to "tell" on their co-workers. Clearly, employees need to know how to recognize and how to report a fellow worker's growing anger so that their employer can diffuse potentially volatile situations.

Are your employees trained in how to recognize and how to report these warning signs? Only an effective employee education program can make a meaningful and significant difference in preventing workplace violence in your place of business.

Workplace Violence Prevention Training Course Overview:

• Covers the entire range of inappropriate workplace aggression
• Includes all the OSHA-identified types of workplace violence
• Provides a "Policy Acceptance" feature that requires employees to agree to your policies
• Describes the physical, financial, work, and family-related warning signs
• Teaches employees when and how to report potential threats
• Reveals methods for diffusing potentially violent situations
• Makes quick, cost-effective customization available
• Was created by top attorneys, psychiatrists, and experts in the field
• Offers new course content and graphics yearly, for annual training purposes

Workplace Violence Prevention Training Course Topics:

• "Workplace violence" is much more than a current or former co-worker with a gun
• The subtle forms of inappropriate workplace aggression that can lead to violence
• How to handle "domestic violence" that spills over into the workplace
• What "zero tolerance" means in today's workplace
• What type of verbal threats and aggressive acts can result in disciplinary action
• When "self-defense" is justified in a workplace setting
• How to recognize "triggering events" that can lead to workplace violence

Fears about reporting threats of violence and why they should not deter employees from reporting