Tackling Workplace Violence in Consonance with Safety Laws.

When safety professionals go about their day to day work it is often focused on managing well-being, and workplace incidents. Whilst these are both crucial to good health and safety management, many overlook the impact of workplace violence, harassment and abuse and the impact that it can have on an individual and company-wide health and safety.

What is workplace violence?

Workplace violence is defined by Osha 2021 as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or any other threatening/disruptive behaviour that may occur within an individual