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Study Shows Risk of Workplace Violence on Federal Sites

Workplace violence is pervasive.  It can happen anywhere for dozens of reasons.   Intruders or thieves can resort to workplace violence.  A spurned lover or significant other may invade the workplace and inflict harm on his lover or others that try to protect her.

And then workplace violence comes from within. Disgruntled workers can inflict workplace violence for any number of motives, from being fired from the job to believing they were discriminated upon or being bullied.  Or in some cases they were just plain nuts or suffering from substance abuse.  They may be having domestic issues or financial problems, unrelated to the job itself that sets them off.

I have written about workplace violence on numerous occasions.  One such article is, When Workplace Violence Reaches Critical Mass.

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the United States Merit Systems Protection Board conducted a study on the likelihood of workplace violence in government facilities.

According to the MSPB….it said that its initial findings show that the risk of violence is not limited to organizations with such characteristics. “These groups are certainly at risk, but all federal organizations can be affected by workplace violence since one of the most common perpetrators of violence in the federal workplace are federal employees.

“Our initial findings also indicate that, although most federal employees believe their agencies take sufficient steps to ensure their safety from violence in the workplace, agencies may need to give more attention to preventing violence perpetrated by employees,” MSPB added.

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Columnist’s Review of the New EEOC Guidlines

Jennifer Rubin, the the Washington Post, writes a thoughtful critique on the new EEOC Guidelines regarding background checks and their use for preemployment screening.  In her article,  Rubin writes that unnecessary and possibly illegal constraints are being placed on employers.  She asserts the new guidelines contain considerable contradictions, where she asks in her article…

“Can a police department enforce a ban on hiring any convicted felon? Doesn’t seem like it. Can a bank impose a flat rule that no one convicted of financial crime can handle cash? Not unless he wants to get sued.”

Rubin notes how employers must consider and applicant on a case by case basis.  This would mean a reduction in the standardization of hiring policy.  She addresses the issue where an employer overlooking criminal records may come into conflict with the compliance standards of state and local laws, even federal laws, in relation to certain types of jobs.

 

I have seen a number of articles related to the new EEOC Guidelines.  This is among the more thoughtful.  One should read it by going to this link.

 

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Conducting Divorce Records Background Searches in New Hampshire Civil Courts

 

When conducting background searches for divorce records in in the state of New Hampshire, here are things you should remember…

Divorce records in Massachusetts and New Hampshire require separate searches of the probate and family court systems. A standard civil search of the superior court will not suffice. The subject’s city of residence will determine the appropriate probate/family court.

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Dating Site to Conduct Background Checks

Having been burned by an embarrassing and disturbing  sexual assault incident, Match.com has agreed to conduct background checks on its members.   According to the article in the Daily Pilot a woman was raped on her second date with a Match.com partner.  As it turns out, the assailant had six prior sexual assault convictions.   So much for meeting the man of your dreams.

Most online dating sites promise to some extent that you will meet your soul mate.  They boast of special filtering systems so that one prospect will be accurately matched with another, according to mutual tastes and behavior.  So with the promise of the perfect romance, even marriage, as the lure, it is difficult for a dating site to require background checks, just in case Mr. Perfect is an ax murder or, as in this case, a convicted sex offender.   How one filters out gold diggers may be another story.

In this economy, there are the usual gold digging predators, looking to con the unsuspecting, the overly romantic, the terminally naive and gullible out of their money.  And then there are the sexual predators.   They know how to work the Internet and the dating sites.  They are good at pushing buttons on the unsuspecting.   After all, people are on dating sites with high hopes and the desire to escape the lonely nights and find a decent relationship.  This is a natural impulse and it’s a shame that some, more than a few, want  to take advantage of the hopefuls that are out there.

But then life is what it is and in this poor economy and with the sensibility being what it is, the truly romantic are perceived as fair game by far too many.  At least Match.com is taking steps to help prevent such a terrible incident from happening again.