Regardless of the type of business you own, holding a job should never mean an employee is in danger from violent customers. Unfortunately, this is not always the case– far too frequently an employee is in the position of facing serious bodily injury or even worse from a customer who is out of control. There are some measures which you can take in advance to protect your employees.

One absolutely essential factor in promoting the safety of your employees is for them to have consistent emergency access readily available at all times. While something as basic as an easily-accessible 911 phone line is standard in many companies, many others do not have it. In the interest of their lives and safety, this should be available to all employees when they are in the workplace. Read more…

Over the weekend I found a great School Violence Resource.
They have some great resources for parents, students and even the schools themselves. If you are concerned about school safety please head on over and take a look. They even have a forum where you can disccuss the Virginia Tech Shootings as well as general school safety issues.

Yesterday I wrote about the importance of screening our teachers. What about the rest of the staff that we have around our children? A story out of Columbus, Ohio called Criminals In Schools Is very disturbing. Read more…