Essay on Workplace violence.

The workplace provides opportunities for employees to fulfill their responsibilities. The appropriate definition of workplace violence was provided by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The harmful action including physical threat, harassment, and violence that causes disruptive behavior is workplace violence. Workplace violence decreases the efficiency of the employee because the organization faces legal repercussion. The unsafe and the threatened employees can result in the reluctance of working abilities and motivation. The decreased level of motivation induces a negative impact on the productivity, profit maximization, and efficiency of workers. Both genders are equally facing the risk of violence, but statistical analysis shows that women are facing more violence as compared to men.

The statistics of provided by Bureau of Labor Statistics Census describes that 18% of the women were victims of physical assault while on the other hand only 8 % of the male deaths were observed at the job due to homicide. In another statistical analysis conducted by the U. S.  Department of Justice Bureau, the statistical report considers the violation of crimes and the workplace violation. The working women face violent crimes like sexual assault and rape. The lowest reported percentage of the crimes at the workplace is 24 %. The analysis of reasoning related to workplace violation is a complicated case. The statistical studies are beyond the facts. In 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census identified that 18 % of the working women are becoming victims of male co-workers and 15 % of males were dragged to death by female attackers. After that, the national institute for Occupational safety and health identified some socioeconomic reasons of workplace violence

 Besides the other facts, the common reason of violence was staff shortage, low inspection rate, poor background checks, improper channel to report the violence, and intimidation techniques. The prevention programs are essentially required to be developed by the management of workplaces. A survey conducted by the Healthcare in the United States considered top companies and industries that face issues of workplace violence. The data collected by the Bureau of Labor statistics were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the statistical data considered 12.2 % of the employed population of America. The analysis illustrated that 75 % of the workers were suffering from workplace violence. The incidents were recorded higher in 2011 as 154 injuries due to the shooting was recorded in the American Hospitals.  

    The solution to reducing violence is to hire authentic workers in the organization after having a complete analysis of criminal activities and records. The workplace violence is subdivided into five parts including criminal intent, customer and client description, work association with the conflict, domestic partners at the workplace, and ideological differences in the employees.    

    The increase in the workplace violence incidents is becoming an alarming situation for the government as well as for the employees. The prevention programs are provided by different agencies such as OSHA. The other solutions are also possible such as supported programs of workplace violence and minimization of different compensation programs. These programs are specially designed to reduce the conflicts and for effective reporting of evaluation programs.

     The important factor is that severity and probability of the workplace violation are also related to the job positions in the workplace. The managerial department must consider the safety of workers and should provide alarming systems. The disorder generated in working capabilities has an impact on the working relationship, the ability of the worker to perform the task and can eventually end with suicide. Such incidents also promote workplace violence and induce a negative impact on other workers, females and children.