Senator Tammy Baldwin Introduces Reform to Protect Health Care and Social Services Workers From Workplace Violence
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- Legislation creates standard requiring health care and social service employers to implement workplace violence prevention plan and protect employees from violent incidents
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In recent years, the
"Our health care and social services workers, and the people they serve, deserve to work and receive services in an environment free from workplace violence," said
Incidents of violence against health care and social service workers is on the rise. A 2016 GAO study reported that rates of violence against health care workers are up to 12 times higher than rates for the overall workforce, and 70% of nonfatal workplace assaults in 2016 occurred in the health care and social assistance sectors. Recently released data from the
The Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care and Social Services Act would ensure that health care and social service workplaces adopt proven prevention techniques and are prepared to respond in the tragic event of a violent incident. More information about this legislation is available here.
The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act received support from a host of health care and social service professionals, as well as unions representing workers in these sectors, including
"When health care workers show up to work, they shouldn't have to worry about whether they are going to be hurt," said
"As nurses who work at the bedside, our union has seen violence reach epidemic proportions in our hospitals and clinics. Employers' failure to prevent violence not only harms nurses and other healthcare workers, but it harms our patients too. That's why our union fought for--and won--a landmark workplace violence prevention standard in
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"Our nurses and health industry workers care every day for the sick, the elderly and the mentally ill, yet they often feel unsafe or unprotected themselves from the assaults that occur in hospitals and other healthcare-related settings. While the
"We applaud the introduction of this bill requiring
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