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Workplace Violence Awareness And Prevention
Workplace murder is the leading killer of working females, (35% of their fatal work injuries) and the second leading killer of males. The problem is especially acute in service sector industries (e.g. retail establishments, taxi and limousine, police and security services). According to the figures released on August 3, 1995, by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)(1), 1,071 workers were murdered in the workplace in 1994, a slight decrease from 1,074 the previous year.
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The General Duty Clause
When Congress enacted the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, it intended to impose two complementary duties on an employe... Read more >
Definition:
A civil judicial proceeding whereby one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or prevention of a wrong; requires service of process on adversary party or potentially adversary party.
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The party being sued or the party accused of committing the offense charged.
Comparative negligence
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A principle of tort law which looks at the negligence of the victim and which may lead to either a reduction of the award against the defendant, proportionate to the contribution of the victim's negligence, or which may even prevent an award altogether if the victim's negligence, when compared with the defendant, is equal to or greater in terms or contributing to the situation which caused the injury or damage.
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