January 24, 2012
WV Healthy Workplace Bill committee hearing Feb. 1
On Wednesday, February 1 at 1:00 p.m. HB3015 (the Healthy Workplace Bill) will be on the agenda for public hearing by the Energy, Industry & Labor/ Economic Development & Small Business Committee, House Finance Committee Room, State Capitol, Charleston. Audio for the hearing may be streamed live. Visit the WV State Page for bill details
January 21, 2012
Video of WA Senate hearing for Healthy Workplace Bill
The public hearing for SB 5789 in WA State on Jan. 17, 2012 was taped. The video is posted on the WA State page. Watch individuals testify, biz lobbyists distort, and a rep. from the state Attorney General’s office oppose the bill.
January 21, 2012
WA State House Comm hearing on HWB, Jan. 25
The Washington State House Committee on Labor & Commerce has rescheduled the public hearing for HB 1928, the anti-bullying HWB, for Wed. Jan. 25, 1:30 pm at Hearing Room C, John L. O’Brien Bldg, the State Capitol, Olympia. Visit the WA State Page for bill details and videos from the Jan. 12 Senate hearing.
January 13, 2012
WA State committee hearing Tues. Jan. 17
On Tues. Jan. 17 at 1:30 pm, Senate Hearing Room 4, J.A. Cherberg Bldg, the Washington State Senate committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection will hold a public hearing on the Healthy Workplace Bill (SB 5789). If you live in WA state, have been bullied, care about family members who have been bullied or simply oppose abuse at work, t
January 11, 2012
A Pictorial View of 2012 Current Bills
As of Jan. 10, 2012, there are 11 states with 16 current versions of the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. These bills are no accident. They are the direct result of great work by a small team of dedicated volunteer State Coordinators and citizen lobbyists in those states all working together as the Healthy Workplace Campaign. Since 2003, 21 st
January 8, 2012
Why the Healthy Workplace Bill requires a private attorney to sue
Many people want a law against workplace bullying. The official campaign for this legislation began in California in 2002 (first bill introduction in 2003) and turns 10 years in 2012. The text of the bill was written by Suffolk Law Professor David C. Yamada for Workplace Bullying Institute founders to take to state houses throughout the land. So,
December 27, 2011
City of Norfolk reneges on promise to create anti-bullying policy
Press coverage of VA State Coordinator, Jane Bethel, holding City accountable for breaking its promise (12/27/2011)
December 14, 2011
PA Healthy Workplace Advocates in 12-12-11 TV segment
KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, PA Dec. 12 segment about Workplace Bullying, mentioning the Pennsylvania Healthy Workplace Advocates who are working to enact the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill in PA. If you live in PA, sign up on the State page at this site. Volunteer today.
November 23, 2011
Why the U.S. needs, and we are advocates for, the Healthy Workplace Bill
As of Nov. 22, 2011, there are 12 states carrying 18 versions of our anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill sponsored by hundreds of state legislators of both political parties. You can see for yourself by visiting the website for the national Healthy Workplace Campaign. Learn about the bill here. We also address criticisms of the HWB. In 2012, we e
November 19, 2011
Dallas Voice features Esque Walker, TX State Coordinator
The Growing Problem of Workplace Bullying by Phyllis Guest, Dallas Voice, Nov. 17, 2011 Bullying isn’t just confined to teens; adults in the workplace are targeted, too. I recently met a remarkable woman who has a lot to say about a kind of adult bullying that hits straights as well as LGBTS, that hurts men as well as women, that harms older and
This is the official home of the national grassroots legislative movement to enact the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. The HWB is the boldest proposed change to U.S. employment law in 40 years. We are a volunteer network of citizen activists working since 2002 in many states to pass the bill into law.
Current discrimination and harassment laws rarely address bullying concerns. Bullying is four times more prevalent than illegal discrimination, but is still legal in the U.S. People deserve more protection against arbitrary cruelty that has nothing to do with work.
