Workplace violence costs as much as 56 billion annually, researchers estimate

Get the Full StoryNo industry is free of violence, but the problem is prevalent in the service sector.

Violence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International Labor Organization, with women slightly more likely to be affected than men. In the U.S., more than 2 million workers face violence on the job each year and those are just the cases that get reported.

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