Pass the Antibullying Healthy Workplace Bill in Connecticut

The Issue

WHEREAS, that well-being depends upon the existence of healthy and productive employees working in safe and abuse-free work environments; and

WHEREAS, research has documented the stress-related health consequences for individuals caused by exposure to abusive work environments; and

WHEREAS, abusive work environments are costly for employers, with consequences including reduced productivity, absenteeism, turnover, absenteeism and injuries; and

WHEREAS, protection from abusive work environments should apply to every worker, and not be limited to legally protected class status based only on race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability;

We, the undersigned, in support of Connecticut Healthy Workplace Advocates’s anti-workplace bullying campaign, petition the Connecticut General Assembly and its members to pass the 2015 Healthy Workplace Bill authored by Prof. David Yamada, J.D., to create a remedy for those whose health has been harmed by workplace bullying, and to create an incentive for businesses to put a stop to abusive conduct in the workplace.
For more information about the HWB, see http://healthyworkplacebill.org.

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Dr. Katherine HermesPetition StarterI am a history professor at Central Connecticut State University. I founded Connecticut Healthy Workplace Advocates, an associate of the Workplace Bullying Institute in Bellingham, WA. I have worked to get legislation, The Healthy Workplace Bill, passed in Connecticut. I am the co-author of a book, Explaining Suicide: Patterns, Motivations and What Notes Reveal (Elsevier, 2017).
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The Issue

WHEREAS, that well-being depends upon the existence of healthy and productive employees working in safe and abuse-free work environments; and

WHEREAS, research has documented the stress-related health consequences for individuals caused by exposure to abusive work environments; and

WHEREAS, abusive work environments are costly for employers, with consequences including reduced productivity, absenteeism, turnover, absenteeism and injuries; and

WHEREAS, protection from abusive work environments should apply to every worker, and not be limited to legally protected class status based only on race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability;

We, the undersigned, in support of Connecticut Healthy Workplace Advocates’s anti-workplace bullying campaign, petition the Connecticut General Assembly and its members to pass the 2015 Healthy Workplace Bill authored by Prof. David Yamada, J.D., to create a remedy for those whose health has been harmed by workplace bullying, and to create an incentive for businesses to put a stop to abusive conduct in the workplace.
For more information about the HWB, see http://healthyworkplacebill.org.

avatar of the starter
Dr. Katherine HermesPetition StarterI am a history professor at Central Connecticut State University. I founded Connecticut Healthy Workplace Advocates, an associate of the Workplace Bullying Institute in Bellingham, WA. I have worked to get legislation, The Healthy Workplace Bill, passed in Connecticut. I am the co-author of a book, Explaining Suicide: Patterns, Motivations and What Notes Reveal (Elsevier, 2017).
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The Decision Makers

Peter Tercyak
Peter Tercyak
Former Connecticut House of Representatives - District 26
Mayor Toni Harp
Mayor Toni Harp

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Petition created on December 25, 2014