A report on violence in the workplace, the law of the Philippines about it, and the most recent research done on it

1. VIOLENCE
IN THE
WORKPLAC
E

2. DEFINITIO
NWORKPLACE VIOLENCE is any harm,
psychological or physical, done to an
individual in a workplace or while they
are on duty. This includes:
Employee Employer
Employee Employee
Employee Client

3. LAW OF THE
PHILIPPINESNo law as of today
Anti-Office Bullying Act of 2016
Office Bullying: severe or repeated
action that cause psychological or
physical harm
Must be reported and addressed
immediately

4. MOST RECENT
STUDYViolence Directed Towards Nurses
in Al-Medina Hospitals
Alshebli Ahmed, Nayef Almutairi, &
Amar Alshheri
Al-Medina hospitals, Saudi Arabia
288 nurses were given a
quantitative questionnaire

5. Percentage of
Nurses Reporting
SAUDI
ARABIA
KUWAIT HONG
KONG
28% 51% 76%

6. More Susceptible
to Violence
FACTORS PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE
VERBAL
VIOLENCE
GENDER FEMALE FEMALE
NATIONALITY NON-SAUDI
ARABIAN
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE
MORE YEARS
OF
EXPERIENCE

7. Contributors to Violence
63%
17%
20%
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
Patients
Relatives
Coworkers
25%
54%
21%
VERBAL VIOLENCE
Patients
Relatives
Coworkers

8. REFERENCES
 Ahmed, A., Almutairi, N., & Alshheri, A. (2017). Violence Directed towards Nurses
working at Al-Medina Hospitals. Advances in Bioscience & Clinical Medicine, 5.
Retrieved from
http://journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/ABCMED/article/download/3599/2939
 Ako Bicol. (2017, June 27). AKO BICOL’s House Bill 815: Anti-Office Bullying Act of
2016 [Blog Post]. Retrieved from https://akobicolpartylist.com/2017/06/27/ako-bicols-
house-bill-815-anti-office-bullying-act-of-2016/
 American Nurses Association. (2017). Workplace Violence. Retrieved from
http://nursingworld.org/workplaceviolence
 Batocabe, R.M., Garbin Jr, A.A., & Co, C.S. (2016). House of Representatives
Seventeenth Congress First Regular Session House Bill No. 815. Manila, Philippines.
Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB00815.pdf
 Public Service International. (2016). Case study: Workplace Violence – Philippines.
Retrieved from http://www.world-psi.org/en/case-study-workplace-violence-philippines
 U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administrator. (2002). OSHA
Fact Sheet: Workplace Violence. Retrieved from
https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/factsheet-workplace-violence.pdf