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WBUR: David Yamada on the Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Bill
From Radio Boston, WBUR, July 2, 2013 Suffolk University Law Professor David Yamada on HB 1766 in Massachusetts, the Healthy Workplace Bill. Listen at the WBUR Audio Archives
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Bottomley: Workplace bullying is rampant
By Torii Bottomley, Cambridge (MA) Chronicle, Nov. 19, 2013 Workplace bullying has become rampant because it is driven by a buyer’s market in jobs. In my professional practice of teaching English as a...
View ArticleTulsa World: Bullying at work should not be ignored
By Linda K. Greaves, Tulsa World Business Viewpoint, November 28, 2013 In a time when senseless and random acts of physical violence are occurring in our schools, the workplace, our shopping malls,...
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Tennessee becomes 26th state to introduce anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bills
In the Tennessee House, Rep. Antonio Parkinson introduced HB 1981, the Healthy Workplace Bill to combat workplace bullying. Sen. Jim Kyle simultaneously introduced the companion bill, SB 2226. Both...
View ArticleVermont advocate calls for hearing on workplace bullying bill
Ban on workplace bullying stalled at Vermont Statehouse Advocacy group asks lawmakers to hold public hearing by Stewart Ledbetter, WPTZ, NBC-TV, Montpelier, VT, Feb. 28, 2014 Sherill Gilbert says she...
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Bristol Press: CCSU professor urges law targeting workplace bullying
By Scott Whipple, The Bristol (CT) Press, March 1, 2014 NEW BRITAIN — Workplace bullying is back in the public eye. According to a recent national survey, an overwhelming majority of Americans — 93...
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Paskoff: Employers Should Stop Bullying Now
Why Wait for a Law? Stop Bullying Now By Stephen Paskoff, Workforce Management, March 13, 2014 I recently participated in a webcast discussing current workplace issues, including bullying and abusive...
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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...
View ArticlePuerto 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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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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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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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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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...
View ArticleComstock’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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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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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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