The Society for Human Resource Management recently conducted a survey that indicates that the most likely budget items to be cut are employee morale programs and team building activities.  There are also studies that show that acts of violence in the workplace are on the rise.  Part of this is likely due to the added stress of seeing co-workers lose their jobs, increases in your own workload due to fewer co-workers, the fear that you may be next.  Combing those stresses along with putting less emphasis put on team building and addressing morale issues can compound the issue of violence in the workplace. 

Right now I am working on creating a survey for a client to find out what is working and not working for employee as well as what do employees feel is important and what isn't important.  We will analyze the results of that survey and them put together an HR strategy to address those areas where there are deficiencies.