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4 Tips for Surviving an Active Shooter

by admin in Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 14, 2015

You’re working at your job or out in public, doing what you normally do and not expecting anything particularly exciting to happen. Then you hear a series of loud, muffled pops, not too close, but not very far away. Then you hear screams, faint and distant but getting louder. Then you hear another pop, only ...

Mobile Employees and Situational Awareness

by admin in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 14, 2015

In his book Principles of Personal Defense, former U.S. Marine Jeff Cooper outlines a color-coded system that describes certain defensive states of mind. These states vary from being completely unaware of surroundings and unprepared for an attack to full-fledged “fight or flight” mode. Many law enforcement officers in the U.S. use this system as a ...

Gun Policy and the Hospitality Industry: Ways to Consider Your Own Firearm Policy

by admin in Food & Beverage, Legal, Lodging, Safety & Security. Posted May 14, 2015

Firearms and gun control occupy a hotspot right in the middle of the modern psyche. Every facet of this issue—high-capacity magazines, concealed carry rights, background checks—inspires strong feelings and opinions from most people. Gun control currently enjoys a spotlight that had been absent since the Columbine High School shootings, and it really does affect everyone ...

The Invisible Killer: Carbon Monoxide Safety and Hotels

by admin in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Safety & Security. Posted May 14, 2015

Carbon monoxide has been in the news recently in the wake of a series of gas-related deaths in a North Carolina hotel. While statistically rare, carbon monoxide poisoning nonetheless presents a serious problem for both hotel operators and their guests. This gas—odorless, tasteless, and colorless—can emit from malfunctioning furnaces and water heaters. If inhaled in ...

Celebrating the Top Crisis Management Teams from the 2014 Global Congress on Travel Risk Management

by admin in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 14, 2015

Click here to view photo gallery We applaud the determination and innovative thinking of our corporate travel risk teams during the Immersive Crisis Management Training (ICMT) segment of the 2014 Global Congress on Travel Risk Management. They hit the ground running and successfully took on two devastating crises, the Tsunami on Jaeson Island and the ...

The Perils of Hotel Balconies

by admin in Hotel Development, Legal, Lodging, Safety & Security. Posted May 14, 2015

Many people enjoy having a balcony when staying at a hotel; between the outside air and sweeping views, there isn’t much to dislike. However, apart from general security concerns, this favorite amenity has a dark side that rears its head from time to time when tragic accidents permeate the news. On September 1, in St. ...

Preparing Today for Future Cyber Risks

by Alvarez & Marsal in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 29, 2015

While companies around the world are experiencing numerous benefits from online transactions and interactions, the accompanying risks remain less visible. Cyber threats continue to evolve and rapidly expand, in terms of sophistication, complexity and the scale of their consequences. Lone hackers have been replaced by well-funded and organized cyber-crime networks, state-backed groups, terrorist organizations, and ...

Don’t Forget Copiers, Scanners and Fax Machines in Your Data Security Program

by Benjamin Lambiotte in Legal, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted March 23, 2015

Current generation multifunction printer/scanner/copier devices are convenient, inexpensive, and very popular. Often overlooked is the fact that most modern printers, copiers, and scanners have many of the same attributes of computers, and are just as vulnerable to the same kind of cyber exploits and attacks as computers. A truly comprehensive data security and privacy risk ...

Sick Leave for Restaurant Workers Necessary for Food Safety

by Fred Pritzker in Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Safety & Security. Posted January 30, 2015

The history of food safety, corporate irresponsibility, and workers’ rights is long and tortuous (as well as tortious). From the days of Upton Sinclair (rotten and diseased meat), unpasteurized and tuberculosis-laden milk, all the way through the present, the dangers of unsafe food have been compounded by improperly trained and poorly paid food workers. In ...

Overseas Business Travel Liability and the Duty of Care in Times of Ebola

by Don Dowling in Legal, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted December 5, 2014

As of late 2014, the United States faced no Ebola pandemic whatsoever. The odds of catching Ebola in an American workplace remained statistically zero. Only a handful of Ebola cases had made their way to the United States, and a few hospitals aside, every American workplace remained Ebola-free. Only two employees had caught Ebola on an American job site—both ...

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