Workplace Violence Prevention 

Brightline Compliance's online business course, Workplace Violence Prevention, teaches employees practical skills to prevent and respond properly to threats, abuse, and violent behavior that employees may face from other employees, customers, vendors, or strangers in their workplace.

• Why Train on This Topic?
  
• Who Should Take This Course?
• Course Content
• Q & A Feature
• Customization
• Read an Article
  
• Print a Flyer
  
  

• Why Train on This Topic?

  According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2 million assaults and threats of violence against Americans at work occur annually. This includes 396,000 aggravated assaults, 51,000 rapes and sexual assaults, 84,000 robberies, and 1,000 homicides. In addition to assaults and threats, a substantial number of employers report being bullied or harassed on the job.
  
  Providing the Workplace Violence Prevention course to your employees will:
  

  • Clearly communicate your organization's commitment to employee health and safety
  • Give employees practical skills for preventing, responding to, and reporting incidents of workplace violence
  • Reduce the risk and cost of lawsuits and fines related to workplace violence
    

• Who Should Take This Course?

  All employees (Non-supervisor and supervisor versions available).
  

• Course Content

  Brightline Compliance's online course, Workplace Violence Prevention, teaches employees practical skills to prevent and respond properly to threats, abuse, and violent behavior that employees may face from other employees, customers, vendors, or strangers in their workplace.
  
  Through a series of interactive case studies, exercises, and role-playing activities, employees learn step-by-step information they need to perform their duties while avoiding and preventing workplace violence. Among other things, employees learn how to:
  

  • Gauge their risk of experiencing workplace violence
  • Identify potential risk factors for workplace violence
  • Spot the "early warning signs" of workplace violence
  • Know when to report questionable or threatening behavior
  • Defuse threatening situations when they occur
  • Properly react to an episode of workplace violence
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Managers and supervisors receive additional instruction on their special duties for preventing and reporting workplace violence.
  
  "Finally, an effective program to train all employees. This online training delivers practical information to help reduce the threat of workplace violence that all levels of workers can use and understand. All employers should use this tool to create and maintain a safer working environment."
  
  -- Steve Kaufer, CPP, CSC, Inter/Action Associates, Inc., www.howtoprotect.com
  

• Q & A Feature

  The "Q & A" feature allows employees to ask questions and have those questions answered online, even anonymously.
  

• Customization

  The course can be easily customized to include an audio-visual introductory message from an official in your organization and instruction on your organization's specific policies and reporting procedures relating to workplace violence.
  

• Read an Article

  To read the article, Workplace Violence Incidents Underscore Need for Prevention-Based Approach, written by Brightline's General Counsel, Katrina Campbell, click here.

• Print a Flyer
  To view or print a flyer describing the content, features, and benefits of Brightline Compliance's online course, Workplace Violence Prevention, click on the image below.(PDF)
  
  

  

To Learn More
To learn more about Brightline Compliance's Workplace Violence Prevention online training curriculum, call Brightline Compliance at (800) 331-7965 or contact us.

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