Research has shown that these Filipino women workers are frequently and disproportionately affected by violence associated with their employment. Employers commonly hold the worker's passport as a way of ensuring continued subservience. The report says that violence in the workplace stems from a combination of causes, that includes the individual, the work environment, the conditions of work, the way in which co-workers interact, the way that customers or clients interact with workers, and the interaction between managers and workers. We will never succeed in either preventing further violence or dealing with violence after it occurs by moving solely on that premise. Cost of Workplace Violence Violence causes immediate and often long-term disruption to interpersonal relationships, the organization of work and the overall working environment, the report says.
Employers bear the direct cost of lost work and improved security measures.
Indirect costs include reduced efficiency and productivity, loss in product quality, loss of company image and a reduction in the number of clients. In Canada, wage-loss claims by hospital workers from acts of violence and force have increased by 88 percent since 1985, according to the British Columbia Workers' Compensation Board. The ILO reports a growing recognition that in confronting violence a comprehensive approach is required. Instead of searching for a single solution good for any problem and situation, the full range of causes that generate violence should be analysed and a variety of intervention strategies adopted. The response to workplace violence is too frequently limited, episodic and ill-defined.