School violence is among the leading concerns for both veteran and new teachers. In the majority of instances, it has been established that other students are almost always aware of their schoolmates’ plans to cause violence. Studies reveal that 4 out of 10 teachers have experienced some form of ...
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Most people, whether they live alone or not, have house alarms, and their cars have alarms and tracking devices. Yet, a teacher, who by definition is a lone worker, spending hours in an environment where the risks of facing real threats of violence is increasing by 4% each year, has little ...
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With all the safety aspects that need to be considered in a large corporation, lone worker safety is one that has slightly different needs to most of the others that you have to consider. As well as making sure the environment is safe for a lone worker, there are risks that wouldn’t be applicable ...
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At the beginning of the school year, teachers are mostly concerned with learning all they can about new pupils, and desperately trying to remember their names. But every day, teachers are on their own in a room vastly outnumbered by pupils. Generally, this is not a cause for concern, but problems ...
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The Corporate Manslaughter/Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (CM/CH Act) has forced companies to take health and safety (HSE) regulations seriously, failing which they can be charged with corporate manslaughter and penalised as deemed unfit. This charge literally means the company has not put in its best ...
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Staff members working from home or from the field offer so many advantages to businesses nowadays, but only if the technology infrastructure is rolled-out correctly. Employees who work remotely from your business' headquarters need not be out of contact with the day-to-day operations of the firm. ...
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The International Labour Organization in the US recently published its latest set of figures relating to incidents of work-related accidents and fatal illnesses around the world. Based on figures they already have combined with projections, they estimate there will be a staggering 2.78 million ...
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