Posts Tagged ‘AB 894’

Bill would offer civil remedy for workplace bullying

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

by Jack Zemlicka, Wisconsin Law Journal, April 9, 2010

New Berlin plaintiffs’ attorney Shannon D. McDonald frequently gets calls from people who claim to be victims of an abusive work environment.

But unless the “bullying” is tied to sexual harassment, age or gender discrimination, the employment law attorney generally has to deliver bad news. “In most instances I say, ‘Given the laws, there is nothing I can do for you,’” said McDonald, of Carroll & McDonald LLC.
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Tags: AB 894, defense attorneys, Joel S. Azeire, Shannon D. McDonald, Wisconsin
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Healthy Workplace Bill status in states

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

A status update about the WBI 2010 Healthy Workplace Bill legislative campaign. On April 21, the Illinois House Labor Committee will hear testimony about SB 3566 (Reps. Washington and Lang). The bill passed the state Senate in March, 2010. As of April 19, the chair of the Wisconsin Assembly Labor Committee, Rep. Christine Sinicki, had failed to call a vote on AB 894 which was heard on April 7. The state legislative session ends next week. AB 894 is effectively dead for 2010.

Tags: AB 894, HB 374, Healthy Workplace Bill, SB 3566
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Amazing Wisconsin woman from Mazo

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Monica Walker is the state coordinator for the Healthy Workplace Bill, which would require employers in Wisconsin to create and enforce anti-bullying policies. Walker said fighting abuse in the workplace became her mission after she herself suffered bullying at work.

Meet the WI Healthy Workplace Advocates State Coordinator, Monica Walker. “bully fighter” from Mazomanie, WI. In 2010, she championed AB 894 sponsored by Rep. Kelda Roys. You, too can become a Coordinator. Visit the Healthy Workplace Bill Legislative Campaign website, see if your state has a Coordinator. If so, sign up to help her or him. If not, read what it takes and speak with Dr. Namie. Join the elite network of volunteer Coordinators changing the legal landscape of America on behalf of workers exposed unnecessarily to health-harming, abusive mistreatment (workplace bullying).

Read the original article in the Wisconsin State Journal, April 17 by Dee J. Hall

Tags: AB 894, Kelda Roys, Monica Walker, Wisconsin
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Madison TV coverage of AB 894

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Madison, Wisconsin WMTV-15, NBC-TV affiliate, coverage of AB 894 on April 7, 2010

You can track progress of the Wisconsin Healthy Workplace Bill at our Legislative Campaign website.

Tags: AB 894, Healthy Workplace Bill, Jody Zebell, Madison, WMTV
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Amid emotional testimony, bill targets workplace bullying

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, April 8, 2010

On Feb. 3, 2008, Jodie Zebell took her own life … A Spanish teacher testified she was “iced out and isolated” for four years by older colleagues in her school district. Once a marathon runner, she now suffers from clinical depression, chest pain, panic attacks and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Deborah Lemke told lawmakers of an unnamed Wisconsin hospital where the nursing supervisor verbally bullied nurses on his staff. When she intervened on behalf of the nurses, she herself became a target.
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Tags: AB 894, Jodie Zebell, Rep. Kelda Roys, WBI, Wisconsin
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State Assembly considers anti-bullying bill

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Coverage of the hearing for Wisconsin bill AB 894 (sponsored by Rep. Roys) by the Assembly Labor Committee on April 7 on NBC affiliate WMTV, Madison.

Tags: AB 894, Rep. Roys, WMTV
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Healthy Workplace Bill hearing in Wisconsin

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

AB 894 (sponsored by Rep. Kelda Roys) gets its public hearing in the Assembly Labor Committee on Wed. April 7 at 10:30 am, Room 225 Northwest, State Capitol in Madison Wisconsin. Please attend and/or testify if you can. Contact the Wisconsin State Coordinator with your plans (wi at healthyworkplacebill.org). Everyone please write to the committee members and sponsors using the WBI E-Z Lobby Letter E-Mailing Tool.

Tags: AB 894, Labor Committee, Rep. Roys, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Workplace Bullying workshop

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Wed. April 7 at 3 pm, Assembly Parlor room (2nd fl, west wing, outside Assembly chamber), State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin. A workshop by Dr. Gary Namie , WBI Director, is held for legislators, bill sponsors, bullied individuals and the general public. Topics include the science of workplace bullying and the rationale for the state Healthy Workplace Bill under consideration, AB 894. Download the flyer.

Tags: AB 894, Namie
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Wisconsin becomes 17th state to introduce Healthy Workplace Bill

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

We thank Representatives Roys, Sinicki, Berceau and Senator Coggs for introducing AB 894 on March 24, 2010. Since 2003, 17 states have introduced (but not signed into law) the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. Visit the Legislative Campaign website.

Tags: AB 894, abusive work environment, Berceau, Coggs, Healthy Workplace Bill, HWB, Roys, Sinicki, WBI, WI, Wisconsin
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