Comments for Corra Daily Planet http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com Background Screening News and Commentary Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying by More on the Manifestation of Workplace Bullying http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/01/canadian-researchers-to-study-the-effects-on-males-of-workplace-bullying/comment-page-1/#comment-54731 More on the Manifestation of Workplace Bullying Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:11:51 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5969#comment-54731 [...] have written about bullying on a number of occasions.  One such article was entitled, Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males in Workplace Bullying.  Aside from writing about it, I have my own impressions on bullying , base don my own experiences [...] [...] have written about bullying on a number of occasions.  One such article was entitled, Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males in Workplace Bullying.  Aside from writing about it, I have my own impressions on bullying , base don my own experiences [...]

]]> Comment on When Workplace Violence Reaches Critical Mass by When Workplace Violence is Not the Greatest Career Move http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/03/when-workplace-violence-reaches-critical-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-54705 When Workplace Violence is Not the Greatest Career Move Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:13:23 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=6039#comment-54705 [...] As a background screening company, Corra Group hears of incidents of workplace violence.  We review criminal records that are the results of convictions due to workplace violence.   I have written extensively on the subject with one such article  entitled, When Workplace Violence Reaches Critical Mass. [...] [...] As a background screening company, Corra Group hears of incidents of workplace violence.  We review criminal records that are the results of convictions due to workplace violence.   I have written extensively on the subject with one such article  entitled, When Workplace Violence Reaches Critical Mass. [...]

]]> Comment on City of Albuquerque Requests Policy Changes for Workplace Violence by Man Gets Twenty Years for Workplace Violence http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/02/city-of-albuquerque-requests-policy-changes-for-workplace-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-54674 Man Gets Twenty Years for Workplace Violence Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:42:39 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=6020#comment-54674 [...] and murder.  In a recent article, I wrote about workplace violence.  The article was entitled, City of Albuquerque Requests Policy Changes for Workplace Violence.  We at Corra Group have reviewed any number of criminal records where ultimately we discovered [...] [...] and murder.  In a recent article, I wrote about workplace violence.  The article was entitled, City of Albuquerque Requests Policy Changes for Workplace Violence.  We at Corra Group have reviewed any number of criminal records where ultimately we discovered [...]

]]> Comment on Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence by Canadian Paramedics Face Abuse on the Job http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/02/assessing-the-types-of-workplace-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-54656 Canadian Paramedics Face Abuse on the Job Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:15:47 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5987#comment-54656 [...] According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, about two thirds of the paramedics experienced workplace violence.  I have written extensively on the subject and one such article is entitled, Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence.” [...] [...] According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, about two thirds of the paramedics experienced workplace violence.  I have written extensively on the subject and one such article is entitled, Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence.” [...]

]]> Comment on Advice About Updating Your Employment Drug Test Policy by Reminder About Medical Marijuana and How It Effects Employment Screening http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2011/06/advice-about-updating-your-employment-drug-test-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-54632 Reminder About Medical Marijuana and How It Effects Employment Screening Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:22:23 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5239#comment-54632 [...] So I am posting this article again.  While much is currently tied up in the courts, and while we won’t have any real resolution concerning employment screening and medical marijuana for a number of years, here are some guidelines I posted previously.  That article was entitled,  Advice About Updating Your Employment Drug  Test Policy. [...] [...] So I am posting this article again.  While much is currently tied up in the courts, and while we won’t have any real resolution concerning employment screening and medical marijuana for a number of years, here are some guidelines I posted previously.  That article was entitled,  Advice About Updating Your Employment Drug  Test Policy. [...]

]]> Comment on Added Security After a Workplace Shooting by Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/01/added-security-after-a-workplace-shooting/comment-page-1/#comment-54630 Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:25:58 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5979#comment-54630 [...] recently wrote…Added Security  After Workplace Shooting.  The list goes [...] [...] recently wrote…Added Security  After Workplace Shooting.  The list goes [...]

]]> Comment on What’sThe Most Violent Job In Seattle? by Added Security After a Workplace Shooting http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2011/08/whatsthe-most-violent-job-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-54628 Added Security After a Workplace Shooting Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:38:24 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5425#comment-54628 [...] I have written about workplace violence on numerous occasions.  One such article is entitlted, What’s the Most Violent Job in Seattle [...] [...] I have written about workplace violence on numerous occasions.  One such article is entitlted, What’s the Most Violent Job in Seattle [...]

]]> Comment on Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying by Maxwell Pinto http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/01/canadian-researchers-to-study-the-effects-on-males-of-workplace-bullying/comment-page-1/#comment-54627 Maxwell Pinto Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:25:18 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5969#comment-54627 Targets, victims and witnesses of bullying have a few avenues to pursue (as compared with victims of sexual harassment) when subject to REPEATED and obvious acts of aggression, spreading malicious rumours, excluding someone socially or from certain projects, undermining or impeding a person’s work or opinions, insulting a person’s habits, attitudes, or private life and intruding upon a person’s privacy. Others include being rude or belligerent, destroying property, assaulting an individual, or setting impossible deadlines. Although bullying is recognized as detrimental to occupational health, there is little political or corporate interest in stopping it. In schoolyard bullying, the bullies are children, whose behaviour is controlled by the leaders, i.e. the school administration. In workplace bullying, however, the bullies are often the leaders themselves, i.e., the managers and supervisors. Therefore, reporting a bully to the HR dept, for example, may expose the target/victim to the risk of even more bullying, slower career advancement, or even termination, on the grounds of being a “troublemaker!”. Workplace bullying has severe consequences, including reduced effectiveness and high employee turnover. An employee who suffers any physical or psychiatric injury as a result of workplace bullying can confront the bully, report the bully to the HR department or to the trade union, if any, or bring a claim of negligence and/or a personal injury claim against both the employer and the abusive employee as joint respondents in the claim. If the law does not persuade employers to deal with workplace bullying, the economic reality will persuade them. Training sessions can help when combined with a con?dential reporting structure, but it is difficult to alter the basic nature of some individuals, who may need counselling. Maxwell Pinto, Business Consultant and Author http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_1?rh=k%3Amaxwell+pinto%2Ci%3Adigital-text&keywords=maxwell+pinto&ie=UTF8&qid=1323793453 Targets, victims and witnesses of bullying have a few avenues to pursue (as compared with victims of sexual harassment) when subject to REPEATED and obvious acts of aggression, spreading malicious rumours, excluding someone socially or from certain projects, undermining or impeding a person’s work or opinions, insulting a person’s habits, attitudes, or private life and intruding upon a person’s privacy. Others include being rude or belligerent, destroying property, assaulting an individual, or setting impossible deadlines. Although bullying is recognized as detrimental to occupational health, there is little political or corporate interest in stopping it.

In schoolyard bullying, the bullies are children, whose behaviour is controlled by the leaders, i.e. the school administration. In workplace bullying, however, the bullies are often the leaders themselves, i.e., the managers and supervisors. Therefore, reporting a bully to the HR dept, for example, may expose the target/victim to the risk of even more bullying, slower career advancement, or even termination, on the grounds of being a “troublemaker!”.

Workplace bullying has severe consequences, including reduced effectiveness and high employee turnover. An employee who suffers any physical or psychiatric injury as a result of workplace bullying can confront the bully, report the bully to the HR department or to the trade union, if any, or bring a claim of negligence and/or a personal injury claim against both the employer and the abusive employee as joint respondents in the claim. If the law does not persuade employers to deal with workplace bullying, the economic reality will persuade them. Training sessions can help when combined with a con?dential reporting structure, but it is difficult to alter the basic nature of some individuals, who may need counselling.

Maxwell Pinto, Business Consultant and Author
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_i_1?rh=k%3Amaxwell+pinto%2Ci%3Adigital-text&keywords=maxwell+pinto&ie=UTF8&qid=1323793453

]]> Comment on Dangers of Workplace Bullying by Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2012/01/dangers-of-workplace-bullying/comment-page-1/#comment-54625 Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:54:36 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5940#comment-54625 [...] I have written several articles on this…one being…Dangers of Workplace Bullying. [...] [...] I have written several articles on this…one being…Dangers of Workplace Bullying. [...]

]]> Comment on Advice About Updating Your Employment Drug Test Policy by Employers Intend to Hire More Temporary Workers in 2012 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/2011/06/advice-about-updating-your-employment-drug-test-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-54618 Employers Intend to Hire More Temporary Workers in 2012 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:16:25 +0000 http://dailyplanet.corragroup.com/?p=5239#comment-54618 [...] the predominant county where the applicant is residing.  If the applicant is driving, then Motor Vehicle Driving Records (MVRS) may be  in [...] [...] the predominant county where the applicant is residing.  If the applicant is driving, then Motor Vehicle Driving Records (MVRS) may be  in [...]

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