May - 2021

More deadly workplace violence: Two killed more than 20 wounded in Miami

Continuing the trend of deadly workplace violence in 2021 America, two people are dead and more than 20 others were wounded in a parking lot outside of a venue where a musical concert was underway in Miami. Miami Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III related details of the shooting on Twitter overnight. The mass shooting occurred at around 12:30 am, Sunday May, 30, 2021 outside the El Mula banquet hall. Authorities are referring to this tragedy as a "targeted" a

No School or Workplace Should be Insured without Proof of Prevention Policies and Procedures

The WVPI will be publishing Part II of the Killer in the Next Cubicle which establishes the unfathomable costs to insurance companies associated with just a single episode of workplace violence. This research is believed to be the first study since the 1990s to evaluate the hard and soft costs of workplace violence. Read more here: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2018/04/16/how-businesses-can-prepare-for-active-shooters/ A special event is planned at or near Labor Day 202

California Employee Shoots Eight Coworkers Dead; Bomb Squad Sweeping Area

Authorities report that eight employees are dead and several others injured in a mass shooting that broke out during an early morning employee meeting today at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose. The shooting occurred in a part of the yard where workers do maintenance on vehicles between 6:30 and 6:45 am PST this morning, May 26, 2021. The suspected gunman, an employee at the facility, is also dead according to officials. Explosives were found on scen

Retaliation Remains Champ of EEO Complaints

Earlier this year, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, released charge statistics for FY 2020. Not surprisingly, retaliation continues to remain the most frequently stated claim filed with the EEOC, the federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the federal EEO anti-discrimination laws. Complaints of retaliation in the workplace constituted a whopping 55.8% of all charges filed by complaining parties during F/Y 2020. The following video

Santa Fe High School Mass Shooting/Bombing

Three Years Ago tomorrow. Please read this article from 2019. Justice Delayed, Justice Denied. https://www.workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org/single-post/2019/11/04/justice-delayed-justice-denied-in-santa-fe-texas PREVENTION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION. Get involved. Take the 3-3 Pledge now, School safety is everyone's business. email info@workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org

Get involved, help prevent the next school shooting before it starts

Kathleen M. Bonczyk, MBA, Esq. I am deeply concerned about the rash of attacks on schools all over the world recently, including: May 4, 2021: 3 children and 2 children were murdered by an 18 year old wielding a machete at a day care center in Saudades, Brazil May 7, 2021: 3 students and an employee were wounded by a 12 year old at a middle school in Idaho, USA. May 8, 2021: 85 people, mainly girls, were killed in a massive explosion at a high school by an unknown assailan

Columbine-like attack by trenchcoat-wearing teen shooter at Russian school leaves multiple dead

PREVENTION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION. Get involved. Take the 3-3 Pledge now, School safety is everyone's business. email info@workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org A massacre earlier today at a school in Russia bears several resemblances to the notorious April 20, 1999 attack at Colorado's Columbine High School carried out by two graduating seniors. A teenager wearing a black trenchcoat-wearing attacked "School No. 175" in the Russian city of Kazan today leaving at least 9 peo

Mass Bombing at Afghanistan High School Proves School Violence is a Global Concern

In the attack that many regard as initiating the modern active school shooter/bomber era, two male students planted bombs at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 intending to blow up their school. Then yesterday May 8, 2021, powerful bombs at the Sayed Ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul exploded, killing at least 58 people, many of whom were teenaged girls. Over 150 other people have been left injured. The death toll is expected to rise as searchers continue sifting through

Essay: I was the victim of harassment by a bully, here's what I did about it

Kathleen M. Bonczyk, MBA, Esq. No profession is immune to harassment and discrimination. I know. I was subjected to its indignity years ago while a Human Resources executive, and again later as an attorney. I have fought for the rights of marginalized clients who might not otherwise have access to counsel so much so that after leaving a mediation session a couple years back, the mediator was overheard saying "its always about the minorities with her." An advocate for equalit

Galveston County institutes new law following Supreme Court's holding in Jones case

Our dear friends Scott and Flo Rice advised us of the wonderful news that Judge Mark Henry and elected officials in and around Galveston County passed the following Resolution following the U.s. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v. Jones v. Mississippi holding allowing for life in prison without the possibility of parole for murderers under the age of 18. As stated, this Resolution was specifically passed in light of the horrendous mass shooting that occurred at Santa Fe High Sc

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