Updates: LA Times Article, Abilene Texas, and a Petition for Connecticut HB 5464
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Kathy
Mar 19, 2011, 1:23:17 PM3/19/11
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Please sign our Connecticut petition for the bill currently before the
legislature:
https://www.change.org/petitions/pass-hb-5464-act-concerning-state-employees-violence-and-bullying-in-the-workplace-in-connecticut#updates
The LA Times has published an interesting article about the Healthy
Workplace Bill that is well worth reading:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-workplace-bullying-20110319,0,1767245.story
State bills against workplace bullying gain traction
Proponents say workplace bullying is widespread and procedures for
dealing with it are ineffective. They back a model called the 'Healthy
Workplace Bill.'
Texas Healthy Workplace Advocates has gained some recognition across
the state, and this article offers some tips about how to recognize
bullying in the workplace, which can be subtle and not always easy to
admit: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/mar/18/abilene-workers-complaining-about-bullying-says/
Suzy Fox, a workplace researcher, has identified six common types of
workplace bullying.
“Any of those, any one of us does once in a while,” Fox said. It’s
when a pattern of behavior develops that bullying takes place, she
said.
- Threatening or intimidating behavior. This can be verbal threats or
nonverbal, like glaring, Fox said. Cyberbullying also can fall in this
category, Fox added.
- Demeaning behavior. Not only does this include insults and put-
downs, but also excessively harsh criticism of job performance,
according to Fox.
- Isolation. The silent treatment, said Fox, or leaving the room when
someone else enters or excluding them from work meetings.
- Abusive supervision. “That’s threatening you with job loss,” Fox
said, or blaming workers for things that aren’t their fault, along
with unreasonable work demands.
- Work sabotage. “That’s intentionally destroying or stealing your
work or your material,” Fox said.
- Harm to reputation. This includes spreading rumors and also some
cyberbullying that can ruin a worker’s reputation, Fox said.
legislature:
https://www.change.org/petitions/pass-hb-5464-act-concerning-state-employees-violence-and-bullying-in-the-workplace-in-connecticut#updates
The LA Times has published an interesting article about the Healthy
Workplace Bill that is well worth reading:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-workplace-bullying-20110319,0,1767245.story
State bills against workplace bullying gain traction
Proponents say workplace bullying is widespread and procedures for
dealing with it are ineffective. They back a model called the 'Healthy
Workplace Bill.'
Texas Healthy Workplace Advocates has gained some recognition across
the state, and this article offers some tips about how to recognize
bullying in the workplace, which can be subtle and not always easy to
admit: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/mar/18/abilene-workers-complaining-about-bullying-says/
Suzy Fox, a workplace researcher, has identified six common types of
workplace bullying.
“Any of those, any one of us does once in a while,” Fox said. It’s
when a pattern of behavior develops that bullying takes place, she
said.
- Threatening or intimidating behavior. This can be verbal threats or
nonverbal, like glaring, Fox said. Cyberbullying also can fall in this
category, Fox added.
- Demeaning behavior. Not only does this include insults and put-
downs, but also excessively harsh criticism of job performance,
according to Fox.
- Isolation. The silent treatment, said Fox, or leaving the room when
someone else enters or excluding them from work meetings.
- Abusive supervision. “That’s threatening you with job loss,” Fox
said, or blaming workers for things that aren’t their fault, along
with unreasonable work demands.
- Work sabotage. “That’s intentionally destroying or stealing your
work or your material,” Fox said.
- Harm to reputation. This includes spreading rumors and also some
cyberbullying that can ruin a worker’s reputation, Fox said.
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