What does VAW stand for?

Violence at Work

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Nevertheless we take violence at work and attacks against firefighters seriously.

HOODIES PELT FIREFIGHTERS WITH STONES

The Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 was brought in to give the emergency services legal protection from violence at work.

NHS THUGS IN 999 RAMPAGE; Attacks on mercy crews at record levels

Institutions have to adapt to deal with violence at work, at home, in the supermarket, in the malls - everywhere.

Men join battle against abuse

We have issued violence at work guidelines and all schools display a poster stating that such behaviour will not be tolerated and themaximumpenalty possible will be applied.

WALES: Teachers 'attacked every day' in Wales; Shock figures show ...

The study found that 43 percent of personal support workers endure physical violence at work on a daily basis, while another quarter face such violence every week.

Violence to staff in long term care

Byline: By Jule Wilson ALMOST a third of UK nurses suffer frequent violence at work, according to research published today.

Nurses are in fear at work; One third suffer frequent attacks

The study, published by the Dublin Foundation, also reveals that British employees are more likely to be subjected to threats and violence at work than any other European country except Holland.

Workers soldier on in silence

The efforts to tackle violence at work is in the wake of a reported 655,000 incidents of violence at work in England and Wales in 2004/05.

Safer workers