Fort Hood was put down to a case of workplace violence.
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With the current worldwide economic situation continuing longer than most had anticipated, tensions in the workplace and at home have increased, raising the risk of potential workplace violence.
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Nidal Hasan's rampage at Fort Hood in November 2009, preceded by his shout "allahu akhbar" a report that spoke nothing of militant Islam but referred to the incident as "workplace violence"?
While we tend to see a lot of media coverage when something horrific occurs, such as shootings in the workplace, I was surprised to learn just how high the incidence actually is of workplace violence.
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The lawsuit alleging negligence by the government says that the Defense Department is avoiding legal and financial responsibility for the killings by referring to the shootings as "workplace violence" rather than as a terrorist attack.
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What can women do to reduce their risk of violence in the workplace?
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In contrast, my friend and colleague, Dr. Steve Albrecht, coauthored a book outlining important ways to diffuse violence in the workplace.
Administration officials will speak about the Affordable Care Act, workplace safety and health, and violence against women issues.
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Like most administrations, the Obama White House has witnessed some depressing instances of gun violence: school shootings, workplace rage, the Colorado movie theater attacks of this past summer and, perhaps most stunning of all, an attack that left several dead and severely wounded a member of Congress, Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, in early 2011.
We know our economy is stronger when our wives, our mothers, our daughters can live their lives free from discrimination in the workplace and free from the fear of domestic violence.
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It has empowered civil society organizations to demand that governments respect women's human rights and to adopt policies to limit sex trafficking, domestic violence, child marriage and discrimination in the workplace.
The phrase, although not new, has become a battle cry for Democrats this campaign season, used to criticize Republican-backed policies that could negatively affect access to abortion and contraception, how violence against women is prosecuted and even gender parity in the workplace.
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