Contact: David Carew
(615) 661-0249, ext. 8077
dcarew@mleesmith.com

Violence in the Workplace - How to Prevent and Handle It - to Be Spotlighted in Nationally Broadcast Audio Seminar

NASHVILLE, TN, September 16, 2004 — The statistics are shocking. Over 40 % of women who die at work are murdered. Workplace violence is the #1 cause of death or injury on the job for women, and the #2 cause of death or injury for men. (Source: American Bar Association.)

To help employers prevent this very serious problem—or effectively cope with it if it occurs—M. Lee Smith Publishers will present “Violence in Your Workplace: How to Prevent and Deal with It” a live audio seminar to be broadcast nationally on Thursday, September 30, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Time, 10 to 11:00 a.m. Central Time.

Guest speaker for the event will be John B. Phillips, Jr., the national award-winning employment law attorney and video host whom ‘USA Today,’ ‘The New York Times,’ ‘Human Resource Executive’ magazine, and other news media have relied on for clear, authoritative workplace-law insights.

Because “Violence in Your Workplace: How to Prevent and Deal with It” is an audio seminar, registrants do not leave their offices to participate. They simply tune in to the live 60-minute presentation via their own office speakerphone or telephone, and may train as many employees as they like for one per-listening-site fee of $167. Companies register by calling KRM Information Services (which is handling registration for this event) at 800-775-7654.

By listening to the audio seminar, employers and human resources professionals will learn:

• Why negligent hiring and negligent retention can have a (literally) lethal impact on your workplace;
• Why treating employees with consistency is all-important in preventing workplace violence;
• Why workplace threats often foretell actual violence—and what to do about it;
• Best ways to discipline an employee with violent tendencies;
• Best ways to fire an employee who has demonstrated violent tendencies;
• How to get law enforcement involved, when the situation dictates;
• What to do when violence results from a mental disability—and what the Americans with Disabilities Act says about this;
• How to use an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to effectively deal with workplace violence; and
• What employers must know about the workers’ compensation implications of workplace violence.

“Violence in Your Workplace: How to Prevent and Deal with It” will be the second audio seminar in an all-new, 4-part series especially designed for supervisors. Each audio seminar will be presented by John B. Phillips, and will give supervisors the guidance they need to handle some of today’s hottest workplace challenges.

Upcoming audio seminars include:

• “How Smart Companies Control Workers’ Comp Costs” – September 16.
• “Managing Your Workplace to Avoid Union Organization” – October 14.
• “How to Avoid Triggering Employees to Sue”-- October 28.

Each audio seminar is also available on CD.

About the Presenter, John B. Phillips, Jr.
Two video series hosted by John B. Phillips, Jr., have been named a Top 10 Training Product of the Year by the national magazine 'Human Resource Executive.' In doing so most recently, the magazine hailed Mr. Phillips’ ‘thorough understanding of the latest legal challenges and Supreme Court decisions impacting today's workplace." A partner in the law firm of Miller & Martin (Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta), Mr. Phillips is listed in 'The Best Lawyers in America.' He has practiced labor and employment law for more than 30 years, serving as Deputy General Counsel for Labor and Employment for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. for the past several years. He has also served as Editor of 'Tennessee Employment Law Letter' since 1986.

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
Founded in 1975, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee is the only company in America that produces a state-specific workplace law newsletter for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. The company also produces a wide variety of other newsletters, national and state-specific workplace law conferences and seminars, and other information products for HR professionals, business people, and attorneys, including the national award-winning video-based training series 10 Danger Zones for Supervisors. For more information please visit HRHero.com or mleesmith.com.

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: John B. Phillips, Jr., is available as an expert source for news reports or features associated with this or other workplace-law topics. To schedule an interview with Mr. Phillips, please contact David Carew at M. Lee Smith Publishers at 800-274-6774, ext. 8077 or via e-mail at dcarew@mleesmith.com.

The company also offers full-service publishing and printing for other companies' newsletters.

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