by Catherine Mattice | Jul 15, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Here is an interesting read on a move towards workplace bullying legislation. “For years advocates have been trying to pass workplace bullying legislation in Vermont. Last year, SB.52 started as yet another attempt to re-introduce the Healthy Workplace Bill (aka...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 15, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Myth 1: Bullying only happens in the schoolyard If anyone tries to tell you bullying at work doesn’t exist, tell them 25 years of research says otherwise. Academics have been looking at this phenomenon since the first article published on the topic in 1984....
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 15, 2012 | Workplace bullying
This story from the Chicago Tribune highlights the importance of making complaint procedures very clear to employees. It appears, of course based solely on the news report here, that Mary Thorson was frustrated, scared, and unhappy… but the district leaders had...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 15, 2012 | Workplace bullying
This is a shocking article regarding how paramedics are victims of workplace abuse. “More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found. Verbal abuse by patients and their friends or...
by Catherine Mattice | Jul 15, 2012 | Workplace bullying
Evolutionary psychologists say that we develop emotions to keep us safe. Humans are social creatures, and there are no known societies in the history of the world where being alone was acceptable. We rely on others to live; and to produce food, shelter and clothing...
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