Consequences from workplace aggression or violence

Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali (2017) Consequences from workplace aggression or violence. Malaysian Court Practice (5). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0025-1283

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Abstract

Workers' safety and health at the workplace is a duty imposed on the employer. The employer must ensure not only a safe system of work but also a safe place of work. Safe place of work relates to the employer's responsibility to ensure that the work site is reasonably safe and to take reasonable precautions to protect workers against danger The employer is not required to insure them and to protect them against all risks of any kind but he is obliged to provide a reasonably safe place of work and to take reasonable care for his employees. The workplace should be free from dangerous and hazardous substances, and the place of work is not restricted to the actual work site but may also include any area that the employee uses in connection with and in furtherance of the employment.

Item Type:	Article (Bulletin)
Additional Information:	2924/59468
Uncontrolled Keywords:	workplace aggression, violence
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
Depositing User:	Dr Ashgar Ali Ali Mohamed
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2017 16:25
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2017 16:25
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/59468

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