As it turns out, the Assembly Labor Committee did not put A5414, The Healthy Workplace Bill, aside for further consideration: they threw it in the wastebasket, letting down New York’s workers and the NYS Senate. I am terribly disappointed that Labor Chair Susan John was not able to show the necessary leadership on this issue. […]
I’ve just heard that A5414A, the Healthy Workplace Bill, is scheduled to be voted on in the Labor Committee. According to newspaper reports, Committee Chair Susan John is opposed to this bill. Please contact the Assembly Labor Committee members if you can, urging them to send the bill to the Assembly floor. Barbara Lifton is […]
One of the most difficult worker complaints that I experience is bullying. The Workplace Bullying Institute defines bullying as “…The repeated mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: verbal abuse or,    threatening, humiliating or offensive behavior/actions (verbal and nonverbal forms) or, […]