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Al Green: “Whatever employers are doing in the main is not enough. Workplace violence is the third leading cause of job death.…”

On the recordApril 16, 2021
Whatever employers are doing in the main is not enough. Workplace violence is the third leading cause of job death. Whatever they are doing is not enough. Twenty percent of registered nurses in one survey reported an increase in workplace violence. Whatever they are doing is not enough. It is not unreasonable to ask people to have a plan to protect employees. It is not unreasonable to ask them to enforce that plan. And it is not unreasonable to provide cover for those who report these workplace violence incidents in the form of protection from retaliation from reporting. It is just not enough.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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Apr 16, 2021

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