Domestic violence spills into workplace at Polaroid
NEW YORK AP reports an employee at Polaroid Corp grabbed an axe during a staff meeting after taunts about his imminent divorce. He later admitted holding a knife to his wife's throat. The piece discusses how domestic violence affects work, costs, and productivity, and notes Polaroid's Employee Assistance Program expansion to identify both victims and offenders. It cites Gelles' research and mentions reactions from General Motors.
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New York
Polaroid Corp
Richard Gelles
University of Rhode Island
Bureau of National Affairs
Gelles
Surgeon General’s Office
Labor Department
Polaroid
Jim Hardeman
EAP
Hardeman
General Motors Corp
Chuck Licari
General Motors
Licari
Geiles
Morgan-Keller Adopts Safety Slogan From Contest Win
Morgan-Keller Inc names Safety The Foundation of Every Job as its official safety slogan. Kim Fogle of Frederick submitted the winning entry from 103 submissions after a two committee review and a company-wide vote. The contractor backs safety with programs such as prescription safety glasses, bi monthly lunch sessions on fall protection and PPE led by First Line Safety Management, and OSHA results show no citations at Rose Hill Plaza and Quincy Retirement Village sites.
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Morgan-Keller Inc
Kim Fogle
Ms. Fogle
Paul Cline
Joanne Frances
Steve Teddes
Morgan-Keller
Steve Leatherman
First Line Safety Management, Inc
OSHA
Morgan- Keller
Rose Hill Plaza
Frederick
Quincy Retirement Village
Pennsylvania
Leatherman
Noland Expands in Fort Lauderdale with ACE Locations
Noland Company wins distribution rights for Road Air Conditioning in the Gold Coast region and opens five branches at former ACE sites after Air Conditioning Equipment of Florida Inc. ceases operations. ACE president John A. Willey Sr says he retired and proposed Ruud line transfer to Noland, with most of his 22 employees to be hired.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Noland Company
Gold Coast
Florida
Noland
Dilbert survey finds managers and coworkers top peeves
Dublin California AP report notes readers of the Dilbert comic strip ranked management by idiots and being forced to work with idiots as the top workplace annoyances in 1994. Empowerment ranked third. Scott Adams cites a non scientific index of workplace sentiment from about 1 500 responses.
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Dublin
Calif
Dilbert
Scott Adams
Dogbert
Adams
Tilbert
Ed Gubman
Hewitt Associates
Hewitt
Gubman
Mount student completes internship at Frederick County DA Office
Vicki Kline, a Mount St. Mary’s junior sociology major, completed an internship with the Frederick County State’s Attorney Office as a Victim Witness Assistant. She coordinated victim contact, prepared witness lists, located witnesses in court, aided prosecutors, and prepared case dispositions. She was one of 26 Mount students in the Fall internship program.
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Emmitsburg
Vicki Kline
Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary
Frederick County
Frederick
Kline
Richard Kline
Myersville
State tax revenues on rise in Maryland November 1994
Maryland Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein announced November 1994 sales and use tax revenue of 160.6 million dollars, up 12.01 percent from November 1993, with computer equipment driving a 43 percent rise in software and hardware tax receipts. Growth appeared across categories from food to construction related goods and beverages.
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Annapolis - State
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Goldstein
Aloi earns Accredited Relocation Coordinator designation
Nancy Alvi of Mackintosh Realtors was awarded the ARC designation at RELO/The International Relocation Network conference in New Orleans. The program requires substantial education for transferee services as professionals discuss buyer brokerage, tax deductions, and budget pressures shaping real estate transactions. RELO, Chicago based, has about 800 members with 2000 offices nationwide. Mackintosh Realtors staffs 60 sales associates in two offices.
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Nancy Alvi
Mackintosh, Realtors
RELO
International Relocation Network
New Orleans
ARC
Long and Foster Leads Frederick County Real Estate Market
Long and Foster Real Estate Inc. holds the largest market share in Frederick County for the first nine months of 1994, based on MLS data. The firm captured 48 percent of settled home sales year to date through September, according to Long and Foster’s compilation.
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Long and Foster Real Estate Inc
Frederick County
Long and Foster
MLS
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Dilibert
Oncolattan
Newaeraperl
Aloi
Hagerstown
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Mitsubishi Hee Ea
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