New Hampshire Legislature Passes Workplace Bullying Law

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new hampshire workplace bullying legislationBack in February we highlighted union backed legislation that was pushing through New Hampshire. On June 4 it officially passed through the House and Senate. Similar to the bill that whizzed through Tennessee, HB 0591  is limited to Public Employees and emphasizes the need to implement policies and training. We would all love to see stand alone legislation with all the protections employees deserve but this growing trend that focuses on finding ways to pass legislation has infused energy and movement into a previously stalled campaign. And, more importantly, workers are beginning to have protection from devastating psychological abuse. Union efforts in California has ensured that other states are not far behind. Hopefully legislators in New York and other states around the country will begin to adopt this winning template to protect their employees. Can private employers be far behind?

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Tennessee is working it..International Educational Coalition on Workplace Bullying

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Ostracism more damaging than bullying in the workplace

Ostracism more damaging than bullying in the workplace

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Record workplace bullying award against Walmart reduced on appeal

http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/05/27/record-workplace-bullying-award-against-walmart-reduced-on-appeal/

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Bullying Co$t to the organization

  • Employee turnover
  • Health care costs
  • Low productivity
  • Absenteeism
  • Low morale
  • Low job satisfactionimages-22
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Something to think about…

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Workplace bullying is unacceptable behavior, but it is not by any federal or state law in the United States.

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Some bullying behaviors…

  • Yelling, shouting and screaming
  • Verbal abuse
  • Offensive behaviors nonverbal/verbal) which are threatening, humiliating, or intimidating
  • causing  Work interference, — basically sabotage — which prevents work from getting done
  • Cursing
  • Physical
  • Other: cyber bullying, mobbing

What behaviors have  you seen?

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Defining Bullying

  • Workplace Bullying is repeated actions, the health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more forms.
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