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Businesses Re-examining Employee Policies in Wake of VT Shootings

In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, universities across the country have been re-examining their policies for dealing with troubled students. And many businesses are following suit, looking at their policies for handling employees who may be acting strangely or appear to need mental help. Tracy Tillotson deals with these workplace issues on a daily basis. ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke to Tillotson, the director of Assist Now, an employee assistance program that's a division of Recovery Resources here in Cleveland.