Employee with Outstanding Warrant Kidnaps Boss: Part I.
Back in 2007, Chris Palermo of Pittsburg, NH, a tiny town on the northern most part of New Hampshire was arrested after he kidnapped his boss. According to police reports, the employee Palermo forced his boss to drive him all the way to a train station in […]
Employee with Outstanding Warrant Kidnaps Boss: Part I.
Back in 2007, Chris Palermo of Pittsburg, NH, a tiny town on the northern most part of New Hampshire was arrested after he kidnapped his boss. According to police reports, the employee Palermo forced his boss to drive him all the way to a train station in […]
25 Years ago on December 7, 1987 one of the most shocking Workplace Violence disasters happened in California when recently terminated employee David Burke killed his former boss with a 44 magnum at 22,000 feet aboard PSA Flight 1771. Burke also shot to death the pilots and flight attendant before pushing the flight control column […]
Online background check firm AccuScreen.com will host a complimentary webinar November 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm Eastern with Workplace Violence Experts Kevin Connell and W. Barry Nixon.
In the wake of the recent Poultry Plant shooting and tragic loss of life in Fresno, CA on November 6, 2012, many Human Resource Managers, Security professionals and Business […]
Workplace violence is an important issue to be trained on in case it happens in your workplace. Workplace violence is violence or the threat of violence against workers. It can occur inside or outside the workplace and can range from verbal threats and abuses to physical assaults, as severe as homicide. However it happens, workplace […]
Hiring lousy employees can be one of the most significant mistake an employer can ever do. This can place the company’s name and reputation at risk and put the your life and those of your other employees in danger.
There are many things you can do to avoid having bad employees get into your company. […]
In a landmark Supreme Court case ruling on January 19, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ruled against a group of government contract workers who filed suit to keep NASA from accessing and requiring personal information about them which was not required at the time of hire. The case, NASA vs. NELSON, argued in October […]
AccuScreen’s free webinar, “Workplace Violence Awareness & Prevention: Separating the Myths from the Facts — Solutions to Make You Fear Less,” will take place on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010.
TAMPA, FL — Human resources professionals, employers, and task force leaders are invited to attend Accuscreen’s free webinar, ‘Workplace Violence Awareness & Prevention: Separating the Myths […]
According to The USDA Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response, “a sound prevention plan is the most important and, in the long run, the least costly portion of any agency’s workplace violence program.” This statement is underscored by the fact that workplace violence costs employers more than $120 billion every year. The National […]
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), nearly 2 million people are the victims of workplace violence each year. Workplace ranges from simple assaults to aggravated assaults. Even though police officers, corrections officers, and taxi drivers are at the highest risk of becoming victims of workplace violence, research indicates that, in general, […]
