If you take out the racial, sexual, age or other protected class aspect of workplace harassment and hostile work environment, you get, simply, bullying. There are no state or federal
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Bullying — There Oughta Be A Law! (But At Least There’s A Good Treatise!)
Last November 19th we had a guest blogger on the subject of bullying: Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Esq., a Senior Regulatory & Legal Analyst for the The Isosceles Group. Previous
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“Workplace Bullying: USA Versus Much Of The World” – Guest Blog
Today we have a guest blogger — Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Esq., who is Senior Regulatory & Legal Analyst for the The Isosceles Group. On February 6, 2013 we (bought) and
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“Workplace Bullying” – Is It The “Next Major Battleground In Employment Law?”
“A growing number of states [are] consider[ing] legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm." This, according to a recent AP news report. These
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Must Read For HR People: Workplace Stalking and Domestic Violence
We read with interest and recommend an article by Pam Paziotopoulos, Esq. on the Forest Advisors web site, entitled "10 Things an HR Director needs to know about Domestic Violence
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Gossip In The Workplace — Insidious Bullying
Kathleen Bartle, a longtime strategic consultant on workplace conflict, has written a short but eye-opening article about workplace gossip, which, she says, can ruin a person’s career since it
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Workplace Bullying Can Result In Lower Productivity
Jason Carney, a workplace consultant in Indianapolis, was interviewed recently by Amanda McGrory-Dixon of BenefitsPro on the subject of workplace bullying involves. He described bullying as demeaning an employee or
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“Bullying, Violence, Harassment, Discrimination and Stress”
We just received a book entitled “Bullying, Violence, Harassment, Discrimination and Stress,” by Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Esq. (2012), and even after a cursory review it seems like an extremely
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Employers May Have to Allow Guns at Work
Most employers believe that they have the right to ban certain dangerous items, including guns, on their property. In almost 20 states, those employers would be wrong.
In the wake
Choking Employees Is Not Good Management
Call it overly cautious or squeamish, but trained HR people generally frown upon disciplining employees by choking them.
However, according to reports of a newly filed lawsuit, this well-established taboo