Congress turns to violence as safety reps focus on stress and overwork

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The 1996 Trade Union Congress (TUC) focused on job stress and its relationship to workplace violence. A TUC survey indicates nearly 70% of safety reps say stress is the biggest work health issue. Public sector stress levels are higher than found in the private sector; overwork, performance pay, harassment, and layoffs are among the factors contributing to stress. The Congress featured speakers from the teacher unions and the health service and banking industries who discussed violence in their respective workplaces.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Job stress

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Preventing violence to retail staff at Thresher

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The drinks retailer, Thresher, has a very good system to handle workplace violence. It was one of the companies that worked with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to produce the HSE's guidance on workplace violence. Besides providing security measures such as closed-circuit television, Thresher pays attention to details such as a safe hide-out in designing its shops. Besides, staff members are trained on how to handle situations such as robbery and back-up support in terms of counseling is also provided.

Management, Human resource management, Thresher

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Fear of violence over new allowance leads to strike action by benefit staff

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Benefits Agency staffers in Leicestershire, UK, staged a strike to demand better security protection in administering the means-tested Jobseeker's Allowance benefits. The staffers want the Employment Service Agency jobcenters to be equipped with security screens as part of administering the benefits. A risk assessment of the offices had concluded that the screens were unnecessary. Employment Service Agency statistics present an unclear picture of the extent and causes of violent encounters.

Officials and employees, Prevention, United Kingdom. Employment Services Agency

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