According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the retail industry experiences the third-highest workplace violence victimization rate, after law enforcement and mental health professionals. In the last six months, stories about shootings in large malls have dominated the headlines too frequently.
The retail industry has unique issues and challenges to ensuring workplace safety. Stores that are open to the public—often in malls—make providing security extremely difficult. High turnover among employees makes it difficult to know just who your employees are. A retailer’s sheer number of stores and employees creates greater chances of workplace violence threats in many forms: robbery, assault, stalking, domestic violence, gang-related incidents, kidnapping, rape, robbery and murder. The perpetrators of workplace violence can be customers, robbers, co-workers, persons with whom employees have romantic relationships, and others. Incidents can be random or pre-meditated.
This discussion will focus exclusively on the issues unique to retail employers, participants will explore challenges they have faced, and share ideas and strategies that have proven successful.
Speakers
- Terri Solomon, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson
- Ellen Cho, Vice President, The Children’s Place
- Peter Damiano, Assistant General Counsel, J.Crew
- Lauren Breitman Tanen, Vice President, PVH Corp.
- Mitchell Borger, Vice President, Macy’s, Inc.
- Michael Kreitman, Senior Counsel, Macy’s, Inc.
- David Hosier, Director of Business Resiliency, Macy’s, Inc.
Please register by April 25, 2014.
Breakfast & Registration: 8:00 am – 8:30 am
Program: 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Location:
Littler Mendelson
900 Third Avenue
8th Floor
New York, NY
Continuing Education: PHR/SPHR credit has been approved
Questions? Email Kellie Nurko or call (973) 848-4752
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