Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: A summary of the issues
Healthcare workers deserve to be safe. No one should go to work expecting to[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: Is the public being presented with distorted data?
How incomplete incidents, combined categories, and undisclosed data are shaping the debate over healthcare[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: What if we counted harm in the same way?
HOW TO MANUFACTURE AN ‘EVERY 36-MINUTES’ HEADLINE “A disabled adult is abused by a[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: What about financial abuse?
What happens when caregivers mishandle or take advantage of their responsibility to provide financial[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: More punishment does not equal more safety
Healthcare workers deserve meaningful protection from workplace violence. The question is whether increasing criminal[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: Violence starts before the facility begins counting
When a healthcare facility documents an incident of workplace violence, the official story may[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: The ‘dangerous patient’ list provision
Imagine arriving at an emergency room frightened, in pain, or experiencing psychiatric distress. Before[…]
Spotlight on the workplace violence bill: Workplace violence legislation and marginalized communities
Workplace safety legislation does more than express concern for workers. Depending on how it[…]
Spotlight on the Workplace Violence Bill: What is the right next step for Massachusetts?
Healthcare workers deserve workplaces that take violence seriously—not only after someone has been injured,[…]
Workplace Violence Bill Proponents Promote Misleading Data
H.4767/S.3171, An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent[…]