Violence in the Night: How to Protect Your Employees

Trigger Warning
Today’s episode contains discussions about workplace violence, violent acts, bullying, and the use of weapons. If you are uncomfortable with any of these topics, we recommend skipping this episode and joining us again on the next episode.

We hear about new acts of violence daily on the news and, unfortunately, these sometimes occur in people’s workplaces. These can range in severity and complexity while involving customers, clients, or other employees. How do we, as HR professionals, establish procedures and policies to protect our businesses and employees the best we can?

In today’s episode, Chuck and John will talk about a convenience store robbery and a workplace bullying situation among others to discuss how training and policies could have mitigated the risk in those situations. They also discuss proactive measures and observations to be aware of to apply to your workplace. In the worst-case scenario, the team discusses being prepared to respond to a situation.

In the HR News segment, the team touches on the following topics and more:

• Building trust through systems and habits
• Handling sensitive, potentially embarrassing topics with employees
• The importance of sexual harassment training
• Potential changes to criminal background checks that California is trying to put into law