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<blockquote data-quote="over9five" data-source="post: 385278" data-attributes="member: 1401"><p>UPSs "zero tolerance" policy is a crock. Totally depends who you are. Remember, workplace violence is not just physical violence, it is also the perception of violence and the threat of violence.</p><p> </p><p>Several people I know once witnessed a center manager who wanted to go at it with a steward. He was restrained by the DM (the DM actually had to hold the center manager back by his belt). To ME, the center manager should have been fired on the spot.</p><p>I later asked the steward why he didn't demand that the center manager be fired for the "zero tolerance" policy. He simply smiled, and said "Because now we have past practice. We'll keep that one in our pocket and use it when we need it". That's a smart steward.</p><p> </p><p>BUT....... Why didn't the DM fire the center manager? He was there. We have "zero tolerance".</p><p>I wonder if I (or anyone else) had called the phone number on that "zero tolerance" poster and complained, would anything have happened?</p><p> </p><p>How 'bout a supervisor who yells at an employee? Now that employee feels threatened. Shouldn't the supervisor be fired? "Zero tolerance", remember!</p><p> </p><p>This could go on and on. The basic questions that have to (but cannot) be answered would be:</p><p> </p><p>1. What IS workplace violence?</p><p> </p><p>2. And what IS zero tolerance?</p><p> </p><p>To answer and define both completely would require many pages of text. That is why there can be no simple "zero tolerance" policy. It will always come down to "case by case".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="over9five, post: 385278, member: 1401"] UPSs "zero tolerance" policy is a crock. Totally depends who you are. Remember, workplace violence is not just physical violence, it is also the perception of violence and the threat of violence. Several people I know once witnessed a center manager who wanted to go at it with a steward. He was restrained by the DM (the DM actually had to hold the center manager back by his belt). To ME, the center manager should have been fired on the spot. I later asked the steward why he didn't demand that the center manager be fired for the "zero tolerance" policy. He simply smiled, and said "Because now we have past practice. We'll keep that one in our pocket and use it when we need it". That's a smart steward. BUT....... Why didn't the DM fire the center manager? He was there. We have "zero tolerance". I wonder if I (or anyone else) had called the phone number on that "zero tolerance" poster and complained, would anything have happened? How 'bout a supervisor who yells at an employee? Now that employee feels threatened. Shouldn't the supervisor be fired? "Zero tolerance", remember! This could go on and on. The basic questions that have to (but cannot) be answered would be: 1. What IS workplace violence? 2. And what IS zero tolerance? To answer and define both completely would require many pages of text. That is why there can be no simple "zero tolerance" policy. It will always come down to "case by case". [/QUOTE]
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