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NPR: Workplace bullying and the Healthy Workplace Bill

States Consider Bills To Crack Down On Workplace Bullies By Yuki Noguchi, National Public Radio (NPR), May 27, 2014 Listen to the NPR audio segment NPR-May 27, 2014 Bullying is a behavioral problem...

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Tennessee: Progressive? Still Racist?

A good news / bad news tale. First, the good. On June 3, the Gov. signed a law encouraging public sector employers to adopt policies to address abusive conduct, the way WBI defines workplace bullying....

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US Virgin Islands Senator introduces anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill

Sen. Clarence Payne, Chair of the Health, Hospitals, Human Services & Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has introduced our anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill in the U.S. Virgin Islands legislature. On...

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Puerto Rico acts on the Healthy Workplace Bill

If you are new to being bullied at work, you necessarily are consumed by righting the wrong and healing from the self-blame and shame that accompanies it. If you are reading this, you have discovered...

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Wall Street Journal: First State Workplace Bullying Law Has Few Fans

By Adam Rubenfire – The Wall Street Journal – June 20, 2014 Last month, after a decade of stalled progress in 26 states, advocates of workplace bullying legislation scored their first victory. But...

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HR Exec: Taking Aim at Workplace Bullies

By David Shadovitz | Human Resource Executive, July 10, 2014 Anti-bullying legislation continues to gain momentum in state legislatures, with Tennessee becoming the first state to pass anti-bullying...

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Workplace Bullying: Support for U.S. Laws

SUPPORT FOR A LAW in 2014 Question: Do you support or oppose enactment of a new law that would protect all workers from repeated abusive mistreatment in addition to protections against illegal...

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Healthy Workplace Bill legislation: A 2014 perspective on distorted amendments

The Healthy Workplace Campaign is WBI’s effort to enact anti-bullying legislation for the American workplace state by state. The model bill is called the Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB). Features of the...

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Stupid state lawmakers deliberately distort science

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” Mark Twain I’m starting to sound like my father and can’t believe I question nearly every day “what is this...

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NY State Senator candidate Everly Brown to walk against workplace bullying,...

A candidate for NY State Senate District 10, Everly Brown, is a man committed to ending Workplace Bullying. This is a national first. Brown, a Rosedale Queens resident, is gathering signatures to...

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Boston Globe: Dealing with bullies in the workplace

Victims say the problem is tangled by workers’ fear of retribution, lack of legal protections, and concerns about what constitutes abusive behavior. By Bella English – The Boston Globe – July 29, 2014...

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NH workplace bullying bill vetoed by governor

Gov. Hassan Vetoes Workplace Bullying Bill By Holly Ramer, Associated Press, July 28, 2014 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed a bill Monday aimed at protecting New Hampshire state employees...

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Golly Gee Kids, Let’s Stop Workplace Bullying And Just Treat Each Other with...

By Richard B. Cohen – Employment Discrimination Report – August 4, 2014 Just as last week we re-opened our discussion about the possibility/desirability of enacting legislation to prohibit workplace...

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Orlando Business Journal: 5 Ways to Prevent Workplace Bullying

By Jeff Mandel – Orlando Business Journal – August 7, 2014 A staggering 27 percent of U.S. workers report experiencing abusive conduct at work; 21 percent report witnessing such conduct. And bullying...

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WBI Podcast: Destructive pragmatic politicians

WBI Podcast 41 Pragmatic politics used to be considered a virtue, but it really means sacrificing the principles of representing the people to support corporations. With respect to the anti-bullying...

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ABA: Understanding the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill

Understanding Workplace-Bullying Legislation By Randi Melnick American Bar Association, August 13, 2014 Labor-and-employment attorneys hear countless tales of abuse suffered by employees in the...

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MA workplace bullying advocate profiled

WBI partner, Greg Sorozan, described his work as a “patient activist” to Dr. Lisa Gualteri of Tufts University School of Medicine. Greg is a mental health counselor, the President of SEIU/NAGE Local...

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WBI TN State Coordinator — Jackie Gilbert — plays key role in state policy...

Original story in the Shelbyville (TN) Times-Gazette A Middle Tennessee State University business professor continues her push for a more civil workplace. Dr. Jackie Gilbert, a professor of management...

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NH Gov. veto of partial workplace bullying bill holds

New Hampshire lawmakers uphold veto of workplace bullying bill By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press, Sept. 18, 2014 The New Hampshire House on Wednesday upheld Gov. Maggie Hassan’s veto of a bill...

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Anti-union advocates pervert notion of bullying in the workplace

For 12 years we have led advocacy for state laws to prohibit health-harming abusive conduct (workplace bullying). The bill — the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill — has no hidden agenda. It is straightforward...

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Utah Healthy Workplace Bill advocates on radio

Utah State Coordinator, Denise Halverson, chief advocate for the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill, and citizen lobbyist Travis Ackerman joined Feedback show host Abby Bonell on KNRS (Salt Lake...

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U-T: About California’s new law to train supervisors about abusive conduct

State to Workplace Bullies: Knock It Off By Jonathan Horn, San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 2, 2014 When Stephen Cruz got a new supervisor a few years ago, his staff job at UC San Diego became something...

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Time for courageous, principled lawmakers to enact the WBI anti-abuse Healthy...

If not now, when will principled lawmakers come forward to not only introduce, but to work tirelessly to enact, legislation that holds employers accountable for allowing (through indifference or...

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As state legislatures begin their 2015-16 sessions

By Sherrill Gilbert, Vermont State Coordinator, the Healthy Workplace Campaign The gavel will again call to order the Senate and the House. They will take an oath to serve the people of Vermont. The...

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Training in workplace bullying/abusive conduct is necessary but not sufficient

In 2015, California law mandates that supervisors in all firms with 50 or more employees receive “training” in abusive conduct. The term “abusive conduct” was lifted from the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill...

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Legislative season update for the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill

The WBI State Coordinators are hard at work meeting with legislative sponsors for the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. Here’s a status report. As of Feb. 10 … • North Dakota became the 27th...

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CT State Coordinator for the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill: Dr. Kathy Hermes

Featured on Waterford, CT community television: Dr. Kathy Hermes. She discusses the bullying-caused suicide of dear friend Marlene Braun and the need for state legislation, the Healthy Workplace Bill.

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Utah takes step toward strong workplace bullying training law

On March 3, 2015, the Utah state House of Representatives passed HB 216 on a floor vote of 58-14 to move to the state Senate for consideration. HB 216, sponsored by Rep. Keven Stratton of Orem, adopts...

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AlterNet: What To Do About Your Jerk of a Boss Before You Get PTSD

What To Do About Your Jerk of a Boss Before You Get PTSD Millions of workers are suffering from anxiety, depression and even PTSD because of bully bosses. By Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet, March 5, 2015...

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Massachusetts joins 2015-16 legislative fight to enact the anti-bullying...

Mass. State Rep. Ellen Story, a staunch ally of the anti-abuse campaign for the workplace, has introduced the Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB) for the 2015-16 legislative session. Rep. Story has been...

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Texas has its first anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill !!!!

Texas state House Rep. Garnet F. Coleman on March 11, 2015 introduced the full version of the WBI anti-abuse Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB). HB 3226, the first-ever introduction in Texas. Texas is the...

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Utah poised to pass law educating state employees about workplace abusive...

On March 12, the Utah Senate unanimously passed HB 216 on a vote 24 ayes -0 nays -5 not voting. The bill, introduced by House Rep. Keven Stratton and sponsored in the Senate by Todd Weiler, sailed...

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Times-Argus: Make workplaces safe from bullies

By Sherill Gilbert, Times-Argus, March 3, 2015 Since 2007, the healthy workplace bill has remained on the committee’s wall. Each new biennium this bill has been re-introduced. In January, Sen. Anthony...

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Minnesota is 8th state in 2015 to introduce Healthy Workplace Bill

Sen. Ron Latz a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party introduced SF 1932. Its first reading was today, March 23. SF 1932 is the complete version of the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace...

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Comstock’s: Calif mag scrutinizes new workplace bullying law

This Time, It’s Personal Will legislation to protect employees from workplace bullying stifle demanding managers? By Steven Yoder, Comstock’s, March 31, 2015 Carrie Clark, 63, says bullies aren’t...

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Utah mandates Abusive Conduct training for state workplaces!

Utah HB 216, sponsored by Rep. Keven Stratton, sailed through the House and Senate and was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert. The training mandate law drew its definition of abusive conduct from the...

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Vermont enters the race to pass first complete anti-bullying Healthy...

For some reason, Vermont lawmakers sponsoring a paid sick leave bill appropriated our the WBI bill name – Healthy Workplace Bill – in 2015. We support paid sick leave, but care most about ending...

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Pennsylvania anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill makes 11 bills in 10 states...

Pennsylvania state Rep. Mark Cohen, along with seven co-sponsors, introduced HB 1041 on April 21, 2015. PA joins other states — Texas, New York, Massachusetts, and Minnesota — with versions of the WBI...

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Anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill nears vote in Massachusetts

As reported by Massachusetts State Coordinator David Yamada on his blog … After being reported favorably out of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, the Massachusetts Healthy...

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Mason: All Maine workers deserve a workplace free of bullying

An Op-Ed essay by a Maine advocate for the WBI Healthy Workplace Bill published during Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week 2015. By Deborah B. Mason, Bangor (ME) Daily News, Oct. 19, 2015, Why do we...

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Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week in San Francisco

Dozens of workers from the Bay Area who have faced workplace bullying attended a rally and speak out at San Francisco City Hall on Monday October 19, 2015. It was held in conjunction with the Freedom...

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A look back at 2012 Freedom Week at the National Press Club: American Unions

Gary Namie introduction SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry NAGE: Nat’l President David Holway & VP Greg Sorozan AFGE: Local President Charletta McNeill

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West Virginia cities proclaim Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week

The Workplace Bullying Institute thanks the following West Virginia cities for acknowledging Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week and the necessity of caring for those subjected to abusive conduct at...

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2016 WA State activity: WBI Healthy Workplace Bill

Eleven Washington State House Representatives have sponsored the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill (HB 2894). Another 11 state Senators of both parties are sponsoring the Senate companion bill (SB...

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New record: 30th state – Rhode Island – introduces the WBI Healthy Workplace...

Everyone bullied knows how the absence of any state laws to expressly prohibit bullying and abusive conduct has made it difficult to get justice from their employers. Without a law such as state and...

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Guest: Washington’s chance to address workplace bullying

By Pam Raphael Bullying has gotten a lot of attention . Most of the focus has been on children but we know that children learn from us, how we treat each other and how we use power in relationship. It...

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Mass. S 1013 Healthy Workplace Bill committee hearing Tuesday

ALERT: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development meets Hearing Room A2 at the State Capitol on Tuesday April 4 at 1 pm. Public hearing for S 1013. Massachusetts has been one of the more...

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2017 WBI U.S. Survey: Strong Support for a New Law Against Abusive Conduct at...

2017 WBI U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey Support for a New Law Against Abusive Conduct At Work 77% of Americans support a new law to address abusive conduct at work The Workplace Bullying Institute...

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Truthout: Workplace Bullying Affects Nearly Half of US Workers. It’s Time We...

Workplace Bullying Affects Nearly Half of US Workers. It’s Time We Did Something About It By Micahel Arria, Truthout, Jan. 11, 2018 Many are hoping that 2017 represented a turning point in the fight...

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Washington State Hearing for Healthy Workplace Bill – Jan. 24, 2018

Jan. 24, 2018 WA State Senate Labor & Commerce Committee Hearing on SB 6435, the Healthy Workplace Bill. It is the anti-workplace bullying legislation written by David Yamada, Law Professor,...

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