News tagged with workplace abuse

Study finds most paramedics are victims of abuse in the workplace

More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bullies have harassed 14 percent of workers over past 6 months

avid Gonzalez and Jose Luis Grana have carried out a comprehensive study into the phenomenon of workplace abuse or bullying in Spain. The study includes data on 2,861 workers from various sectors, and confirms some commonly-held ...

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Researchers: Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden

Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Lifelong payoff for attentive kindergarten kids

Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal ...

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise has charms to soothe a savage boss

lying, making fun of you in public and generally putting you down, he or she may benefit from some exercise, according to a new study by James Burton from Northern Illinois University in the US and his team. Their work shows ...

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'I feel your pain ...' Same sex coworkers sympathize when they observe lack of respect aimed at their colleagues

Imagine the following scenarios: a co-worker is spoken to condescendingly, excluded from a meeting, or ignored by a supervisor. How does it make you feel? Do you feel differently depending on whether your co-worker is a man ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Domestic violence not just at home

(PhysOrg.com) -- There is a direct link between domestic violence and productivity in the workplace, with one in five victims experiencing continued harassment from their partners at work, a UNSW study ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For refugees from Burma, hope of better life in US turns into extreme poverty, isolation

Refugees who have fled Burma to live in Oakland, Calif., are at risk of becoming a permanent, poverty-stricken underclass warns a new report released today by researchers at San Francisco State University and the Burma Refugee ...

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created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Your abusive boss may not be good for your marriage: study

Having an abusive boss not only causes problems at work but can lead to strained relationships at home, according to a Baylor University study published online in journal, Personnel Psychology. The study found that stress ...

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created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recognizing a cyberbully

Something is happening on playgrounds, in classrooms, in homes and in every walk of life across America. In fact, it's happening internationally.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcoholism is linked to higher rates of general and cancer-related deaths

Alcohol consumption causes approximately four percent of all deaths worldwide and is responsible for roughly five percent of global diseases. A study of alcohol consumption in Tuscany, Italy has found that alcoholics have ...

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created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prototype hand-held drug testing device launched

The world's first prototype of a hand-held fingerprint drug testing device has been created by UK technology company Intelligent Fingerprinting.

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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