Archives for June 1st, 2001
Headlines, PublicNet: 1 June, 2001
Just as the Labour Party pledges tougher sentences for offenders assaulting someone carrying out a public duty, such as a nurse in casualty or a teacher in the classroom, new figures show that it is the public sector which bears the brunt of such workplace attacks.A new survey on conflict in the workplace shows that it is the health and social care sector which reports the greatest incidents of aggressive or abusive behaviour.