What is the role of human resources in employee after violence?

• A. Only discipline and termination.
• B. Maintaining confidentiality of all information.
• C. Provide access to EAP, support accommodations, monitor wellbeing, and coordinate return-to-work plans.
• D. Ignore wellbeing and focus on legal liability.

Answer: (C)

When addressing workplace violence, the key is to support the affected employee and manage the recovery process while maintaining safety. The best choice captures this by ensuring access to an Employee Assistance Program, arranging appropriate accommodations, actively monitoring wellbeing, and coordinating a safe, gradual return-to-work plan. An EAP provides confidential counseling and crisis support, accommodations help address any health or safety needs without penalizing the employee, ongoing monitoring catches lingering distress or safety concerns, and a coordinated return-to-work plan ensures the person re-enters the workplace in a way that protects everyone and complies with policy and legal requirements.

Discipline-focused approaches miss the recovery and safety aspects; concentrating only on confidentiality leaves out active support and ongoing safety considerations; and ignoring wellbeing is not only unhelpful but potentially dangerous.