From CCOHS' Health and Safety Specialists: Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide - 2nd Edition

HAMILTON-Canada's national centre for occupational health and safety information, CCOHS, has released a completely up-to-date publication to help people learn about workplace violence and its prevention.

The second edition of The Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide provides workers, employers, health and safety professionals plus human resources professionals with detailed guidance on how they can develop workplace violence prevention programs. The Guide includes specific tips on a multitude of workplace and work-related travel situations, as well as practical advice on how people should respond to specific violent situations.

As with the first edition, this completely up-to-date, practical guide provides readers with easy-to-follow checklists and guidelines. The Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide, 2nd Edition uses workplace situations rather than specific occupations or business sectors to illustrate prevention and response content. This unique approach allows organizations to fully customize their violence prevention program based on the results of their overall risk assessment and to develop a prevention program that directly applies to their work environment.

Some violence prevention initiatives that CCOHS clients have successfully implemented include: procedures for reporting and investigating incidents; critical incident management; victim support services; and, training programs.

In addition to over 30 new tips added to original content, the Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide, 2nd Edition includes these important new sections:

• Warning signs of a troubled employee;
  
• Internet harassment;
  
• Resolving problem behaviours; and
  
• Managing workplace terminations.
  
  

Plus, responding to:

• General harassment; and
  
• Internet harassment.
  
  

People just entering the health and safety field, seasoned professionals and health and safety committee members can use the guide as a practical reference tool in the prevention of workplace violence.

Cost: $10.00 plus shipping and handling. Please contact CCOHS Client Services to order.

Recognized internationally as an innovative and authoritative resource, CCOHS is a national non-profit organization, established in 1980 by the Government of Canada, to foster and improve the prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses in Canada. CCOHS collects, evaluates and distributes information on workplace health, safety and environmental issues from sources around the world. CCOHS is governed by a council comprised of representatives from employers, Labour and government; and is committed to providing impartial and accurate information to all clients.

The Centre represents Canada for the International Labour Organization's CIS National Centre Program, and is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Eleanor Irwin, Manager - Marketing, Sales and Communications

905/572-2981, Ext. 4408 Email: eleanori@ccohs.ca