Workplace safety

Workplace safety now places on par with the opportunity for advancement, when it comes to employee satisfaction. In a recent survey published by Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, New York, workplace violence was viewed as the greatest security concern to businesses. The study also ranks, in order of greatest concern, the following threats:

• Workplace Violence
• Business Interruption/Disaster Recovery
• Terrorism (global and domestic)
• Internet/Intranet Security
• Employee Selection/Screening Concerns
• Fraud/White-Collar Crime,
• Unethical Business Conduct
• General Employee Theft
• Property Crime (external theft, vandalism)
• Drugs/Alcohol in the Workplace

Total costs associated with workplace violence are estimated at $36 billion annually.