HWB author Yamada on MSNBC
David Yamada, Suffolk Univ. Law Professor and author of the anti-bullying legislation for the U.S. — the Healthy Workplace Bill, appeared on MSNBC at 12:50 pm July 23. He distinguished clearly routine rudeness from malicious bullying that carries health-harming consequences. You can download Prof. Yamada’s publications from a link in th
SHRM opposes anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill
The advocacy group for Human Resources (HR) issued an alert for SHRM members in June 2010 to oppose the NY versions of the HWB. In brief, Bob Carragher, SHRM’s manager of government relations (chief national lobbyist) and Susan Corcoran, NY state legislative director (state lobbyist) claim our legislation is “bad for business and bad fo
New York bill held in 2010; Advocates redouble effort for 2011
The NY Assembly Labor Committee Chair Susan John recently told the Wall Street Journal “No other state in the country has a law like this.” She was referring to the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. A vote in her committee on June 8 ends the bill’s journey for 2009-10. The vote was [...]
This is the official home of the national grassroots legislative movement to enact the Workplace Bullying Institute's 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.
