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Safety And Health Topics: Workplace Violence

Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 551 workplace homicides in 2004 in the United States, out of a total of 5,703 fatal work injuries.

Environmental conditions associated with workplace assaults have been identified and control strategies implemented in a number of work settings.

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Did You Know?

A "Family Limited Partnership" can be used to own and manage your property
In a similar manner to a Trust, but allowing additional tax planning techniques to be employed. Family Limited Partnerships are typically used for those who have large estates and thus have a need for specialized estate planning in order to minimize federal and state estate/death/inheritance taxes as well as provide elements of asset protection.

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Estate Planning Terms

Today's Terms

Exemption Credit

Definition:
The amount of tax credit, similar in nature to the personal income tax exemption, applied to the transfer tax due at a person's death.

Joint Tenancy

Definition:
Property owned by two or more people in a manner such that upon death of one of the joint owners, all of his/her interest in the property is transferred immediately, by operation of law, to the other surviving owners.

Trust

Definition:
A long recognized legal concept (first used in ancient Greece during the times of Socrates and Plato) in which some or all property of a Trust Creator is held on behalf of a beneficiary (which may include the trust creator) in the name of the Trustee.

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Massachusetts Estate-Planning Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an Estate-Planning attorney you should contact our Estate-Planning Attorney as soon as possible:

Amherst
Attleboro
Beverly
Boston
Brighton
Brockton
Chelsea
Everett
Fitchburg
Framingham
Holyoke
Lawrence
Leominster
Lynn

Malden
Marlborough
Medford
Methuen
New Bedford
Peabody
Pittsfield
Plymouth
Quincy
Revere
Salem
Taunton
Westfield
Woburn

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