On April 23, 2019, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed H.B. 2016 into law. The bill, which came into effect immediately upon signature, amends the Tennessee Healthy Workplace Act to address private employers as well as state or local government entities. The new law extends the protections created by the Tennessee workplace bullying prevention law, originally Read more
Currently, under California Cal. Gov. Code § 12950.1 (“AB 1825”), employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide two hours of classroom or other effective, interactive training in sexual harassment prevention to California supervisory employees every two years. New supervisors must be trained within six months of being promoted or hired into a Read more
Bullying is the kind of treatment you’d expect to encounter in Jr. High or High School, not in the workplace. After all, we’re all adults and we’ve learned to some extent, that there are repercussions for the actions we take against others. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Workplace bullying is the constant, health-harming mistreatment of Read more
Workplace bullying is fast becoming an issue in workplaces across the US. Since 2003, 24 states have introduced legislation addressing this hot topic, but none of the bills have been enacted into law. So what exactly is workplace bullying? According to Healthy Workplace Bill.org, workplace bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons Read more
