June 1, 2013
Maine governor vetoes workplace bullying study bill
Maine Gov. LePage vetoed the Maine bill which began as the full-version of the Healthy Workplace Bill, but was reduced to a bill calling for a study by the Workers Compensation Board. The amended bill passed both House and Senate. On May 31, 2013, the governor vetoed even the shell of a bill. Visit the Maine State Page for details.
May 29, 2013
PA becomes 25th State — 10th in 2013
Rep. Mark Cohen (D-202) is the prime sponsor of HB 1179, Pennsylvania’s first-ever introduction of the Healthy Workplace Bill, dubbed the Healthy Workplace Act introduced on April 15, 2013. There are 10 cosponsors. The bill is the 13th bill to be active in the U.S. in 2013. PA becomes the 10th state to carry a bill this legislative session.
April 18, 2013
Gabby Giffords: Truth teller about cowardly politicians
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords wrote in a New York Times guest editorial forcefully about her feelings toward (46) U.S. Senators who voted against the gun control package of bills on April 17. Excerpts from her Op-Ed article are below. We advocates for anti-bullying legislation are told to tiptoe around lawmakers lest we offend them. Meanw
March 25, 2013
Maine is 24th State to introduce the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill
Maine state Rep. Sara Gideon, along with six House cosponsors and two Senate cosponsors, introduced HP 845. Details found on the Maine State Page. This is Maine’s first bill, making it bill number 12 across 9 states in 2013!
March 13, 2013
CT State Healthy Workplace Bill Coordinator and citizen advocate on community TV
Watch Connecticut State Coordinator, Dr. Kathy Hermes, and citizen advocate Laura Lillian Dickerson (a friend of a bullied target), on Waterford CT community television. See past activity in Connecticut.
March 12, 2013
NH Bill clears House Labor Committee
By a vote of 19-0, HB 591 (amended) passed the New Hampshire House Labor Committee. Next step is a House floor vote.
March 5, 2013
NM Committee Hearing Wed. March 6
In New Mexico, on Wed. March 6 at 1:30 pm in Room 309 of the capitol, the House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing on the bill (HB 234) sponsored by Rep. Mary Helen Garcia. Please attend and support the bill if you can. Regardless, please write to the committee chair and vice-chair, urging them to support the bill. This can be done easily f
March 5, 2013
CA State Coordinator explains workplace bullying and the HWB
Carrie Clark, California State Co-Coordinator, speaks on March 2, 2013 about workplace bullying and the need for the Healthy Workplace Bill in states.
March 1, 2013
HWB Legislative Campaign is focus of Associated Press story
Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying by Sam Hananel, Associated Press, March 1, 2013 Article excerpts … On-the-job bullying can take many forms, from a supervisor’s verbal abuse and threats to cruel comments or relentless teasing by a co-worker. And it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of
February 28, 2013
NY Senate adds HWB to national tally of introduced bills in 2013-14
On Feb. 25, NY Senator Diane Savino introduced S 3863, the companion bill to Assembly bill A 4965. To date, the bill count is now 11 bills introduced in 8 states. Visit the NY State Page for bill details and to volunteer to help State Coordinators pass the legislation.
An Appeal to U.S. State Legislators
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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.
"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
