Security in the workplace continues to remain a high priority for organizations, especially in light of increases in workplace violence. Conduct appropriate research to identify what are the main or most common types of workplace violence. Select 1 specific type of workplace violence or threat to employees, and provide effective solutions to this threat or violence. Support your work with solid research sources. Discussion Post

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One of the most common forms of workplace violence is worker-on-worker violence. For example, an employee may attack a manager after being reprimanded. Organizations must conduct thorough background checks on new employees to prevent employee-to-employee violence and ensure that potential employees do not have a history of violence. If anything goes wrong during these checks, prospective employees must give a good explanation that they should not have been offered work if they had a recent conviction for violence. Additionally, training should be provided on how to deal with violent incidents before they escalate and how to identify and resolve conflicts between employees before they escalate into physical confrontation. This goes hand in hand with creating effective communication channels to ensure employees have access to workplace communication networks (Saleem et al., 2020). It helps them spot, understand and report the early signs of potential violence, rather than brushing them off.