When Workplace Bullying is Illegal
What is the difference between workplace bullying and illegal harassment? The major difference is that no law at present prohibits workplace bullying – despite the fact that workplace bullying can...
View ArticleCo-Workers Suffer Second-Hand Workplace Abuse
Note: For a related story, see Bullying Causes Coworker Stress. Pat Bosses who bully their subordinates also damage co-workers who see or hear about the abuse, much like second-hand smoke affects...
View ArticleSomewhat Improved Healthy Workplace Bill
… But Still Needs Work The heretofore anemic Healthy Workplace Bill (HWB) has received a dose of iron in its latest iteration in Massachusetts. The version of the HWB submitted for consideration to...
View ArticleRutgers’“Independent” Investigation
One wonders how an “independent” investigation could support a finding that Rutgers bullying basketball coach Mike Rice should remain on the university payroll? Rice was forced to resign recently after...
View ArticleJudges Who Blog
I was surprised to find out this week from LawSites that I may be one of only three judges in the United States who “blog.” I am an appellate justice for a Native American tribe in Northern Nevada. I...
View ArticleElements of a Good Workplace
Many of us have experienced the horrors of a bad workplace but what does a good workplace look like? Jim Clifton, the chairman and chief executive officer of the Gallup poll organization, says he...
View ArticleFew Consequences for Sexual Harassment
UPDATE: Shortly after this story was written, the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult to win a sexual harassment lawsuit by raising the bar for who constitutes a “supervisor” in the workplace –...
View ArticleAnother Defeat for Healthy Workplace Bill
TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH The decade-long strategy of adopting state-by-state legislation to deal with workplace bullying in the United States has suffered yet another defeat. The Maine House of...
View ArticleBullying in the NFL Workplace
Even Football Players Hurt When Bullied It may seem rather silly that a participant in a sport that is so brutal that it causes its players to suffer brain damage would throw in the towel because of...
View ArticleMore than Half of Women in Workplace Bullied
More than half of women are bullied at work– often by members of their own sex, according to the largest survey of its kind ever conducted in the United Kingdom. The gender equality group, Opportunity...
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