## [70% Increase in Workplace Violence Hits Lone Workers Hardest – Prepare now for the Regulatory Clampdown](/content/advice-and-guidance/70-increase-in-workplace-violence-hits-lone-workers-hardest-prepare-now-for-the-coming-regulatory-clampdown/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 Executive Summary Problem – Lone workers absorb 72.8% of non-fatal violence injuries in healthcare, yet most compliance programs stop at paperwork. Risk – OSHA [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/70-increase-in-workplace-violence-hits-lone-workers-hardest-prepare-now-for-the-coming-regulatory-clampdown/index.html) ## [Lone Worker Monitoring: Ensuring Safety and Productivity](/content/advice-and-guidance/proactive-lone-worker-protection/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Lone Worker Monitoring * What Defines a Lone Worker? * The Importance of Lone Worker Safety * Benefits of [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/proactive-lone-worker-protection/index.html) ## [Are you Legally Required to Provide Panic Buttons to Lone Workers?](/content/advice-and-guidance/are-you-legally-required-to-provide-panic-buttons-to-lone-workers/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 Portable panic buttons are becoming more and more popular as the number of lone workers increases in the United States. Unfortunately, the influx of [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/are-you-legally-required-to-provide-panic-buttons-to-lone-workers/index.html) ## [Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA): Overview, Duties & Compliance Guide](/content/advice-and-guidance/the-occupational-safety-and-health-act-united-states/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) is a cornerstone of workplace safety in the United States, setting standards to protect employees across industries. [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/the-occupational-safety-and-health-act-united-states/index.html) ## [68% of hospital staff assaulted according to new poll](/content/news/68-percent-hospital-staff-assaults/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 Hospital management is scandalously complacent about an environment where their largely female staff are frequently hit and sexually harassed and sexually assaulted. Managers see [...] [Read Full Story](/content/news/68-percent-hospital-staff-assaults/index.html) ## [New legislation introduced to establish a federal grant program to states to improve workplace safety for social workers.](/content/advice-and-guidance/new-legislation-introduced-establish-federal-grant-program-states-improve-workplace-safety-social-workers/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 "Social workers often work on the front lines in communities, mental health centers, hospitals, child welfare agencies, and other places, providing services to some of [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/new-legislation-introduced-establish-federal-grant-program-states-improve-workplace-safety-social-workers/index.html) ## [Mobile Personal Safety Tips: Introducing the GuardianMPS Personal Safety Model](/content/advice-and-guidance/mobile-personal-safety-tips-introducing-the-guardianmps-personal-safety-model/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 The GuardianMPS Personal Safety Model is a toolkit that mobile workers and organizations can use to enable a safer working day while working in the [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/mobile-personal-safety-tips-introducing-the-guardianmps-personal-safety-model/index.html) ## [Massachusetts Nurses Association say Health care employers must do more to protect vulnerable staff from workplace violence](/content/advice-and-guidance/massacheusetts-nurses-association-say-health-care-employers-must-protect-vulnerable-staff-workplace-violence/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 Article date: Feb 20th 2017: Article By/Published by: Boston Globe On the 20th Of February 2017 Boston Globe published an open letter from: Donna Kelly Williams (President of [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/massacheusetts-nurses-association-say-health-care-employers-must-protect-vulnerable-staff-workplace-violence/index.html) ## [Michigan State University aims to improve state-wide staffing shortages in Home Health Care.](/content/news/michigan-state-university-aims-improve-state-wide-staffing-shortages-home-health-care/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 Article date: Feb 6th 2017: Article By/Published by: Home Healthcare News On the 6th Of February 2017 Home Healthcare News reported on: How One University is Taking [...] [Read Full Story](/content/news/michigan-state-university-aims-improve-state-wide-staffing-shortages-home-health-care/index.html) ## [Workplace Violence Prevention in healthcare : OSHA states No worker should ever have to sacrifice personal-safety to earn a paycheck](/content/advice-and-guidance/workplace-violence-prevention-in-healthcare-osha-statement-workers-should-not-have-to-sacrifice-personal-safety-for-paycheck/index.html) Roger Leach 2025-10-29T05:52:23-05:00 "No worker should ever have to sacrifice their physical well-being to earn a paycheck." There's a change that's emerging in the world of workplace violence [...] [Read Full Story](/content/advice-and-guidance/workplace-violence-prevention-in-healthcare-osha-statement-workers-should-not-have-to-sacrifice-personal-safety-for-paycheck/index.html)