assault allegations

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, incidents of serious workplace violence are four times more common in health care than in private industry. Most assaults come from patients and patients' families.

National
Health & Safety

Facing Escalating Workplace Violence, Hospital Employees Have Had Enough

9:56pm April 08, 2019

by Marlene Harris-Taylor

U.S. hospitals are under mounting pressure to address violence against health care staff by patients and visitors. Nearly half of emergency doctors say they've been physically assaulted at work.

Queue Listen Now

Lulabel Seitz, 17, was the Class of 2018 valedictorian at Petaluma High School in northern California. In the middle of her graduation's commencement speech, school officials disconnected her microphone.

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Education

High School Valedictorian's Mic Cut When She Talks About Campus Sexual Assault

8:16pm June 09, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Lulabel Seitz was giving the commencement address at her high school graduation when school officials cut off her microphone after she began talking about sexual assault allegations.