By Heather Stanek, fdlreporter.com
Bev Kindschuh knows what it’s like to cry after work and dread the following day.
The Fond du Lac area woman is one of the estimated 54 million people nationwide who, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute, has experienced workplace bullying.
Bullying has gained attention in recent years as employers realize its emotional [...]

from fdlreporter.com
When it comes to employee health, bullying is bad for business.
Workplace bullying can create a cache of health problems for workers who feel overburdened by stress, said Gregg Brewer, employee assistance program supervisor for IntegNET, a division of Agnesian HealthCare.
Employee Assistance Programs are designed to prevent workplace bullying and solve conflicts that arise at [...]

from The Dallas Morning News
Question: I work for a boss who is both verbally and physically abusive.
Although he hasn’t touched me, I have seen him snap other female employees with rubber bands, leaving a bruise. He likes to punch the male employees and hit them in the head. He says he’s just “playing around.”
This is [...]

from Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News
Some 30 guards at a provincial jail in Toronto recently staged a walkout aimed at drawing attention to years of occupational health and safety complaints.
Guards at the Toronto Jail, commonly known as the Don Jail, refused work on January 16, citing workplace safety stipulations under Ontario’s Occupational Health and [...]

from Nova Scotia Business Journal
Nova Scotia is strengthening its commitment to reduce workplace violence, with support from the federal, provincial and territorial governments. At a meeting of Canadian labour ministers in Quebec on Thursday, Mark Parent, minister of Environment and Labour, moved that all jurisdictions adopt a joint stance against workplace violence.
“We had a very [...]

from the Seattle Times
Last week’s story on workplace bullies (“Down, Office Bully!”) generated lots of responses online — mostly from people who say they’ve been victimized by an office tormentor. While their stories are varied, the reactions are uniformly intense. This is, it turns out, is a special brand of job stress.
“I worked for a [...]

Press Release from the Government of Canada
At their annual meeting, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers underscored their commitment to promoting safe and healthy workplaces and improving protection for workers.
The meeting, which began on January 23 and concludes today, was co-chaired by the Honourable Jean Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the [...]

from Susan Lazaruk, Canwest News Service
Come next weekend, British Columbia will become the first province to insist gas station customers pay first and pump later, 24 hours a day.
The transition isn’t going smoothly in all areas.
A new WorkSafe B.C. regulation referred to as Grant’s Law — after Grant DePatie, who was dragged to his death [...]

By Emily Proffitt, The Spokane Journal of Business
Two Spokane-based companies—Corner Booth Productions Inc. and the Center for Personal Protection & Safety LLC—say the new instructional DVD they’ve created, called Shots Fired, is boosting their revenues and attracting some high-profile clients.
The DVD, which is available in versions for corporate workplaces and universities, walks through [...]

from The Age (Australia)
Billions of dollars in compensation would be saved each year if employers were more open about their policies on bullying as well as health and safety, says a workplace lawyer.
Forty per cent of Australia’s workforce are unaware of these vital workplace policies such as Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) and bullying, [...]