John Lorinc, The Globe and Mail The scene could scarcely have been more benign. During Wednesday’s lunch hour, a trickle of people ambled up to the cashiers’ counter inside the East York Civic Centre to pay tax and water bills. A woman exchanged pleasantries with a clerk, then dashed off. An older man fumbled with [...]

Donald P. Russo, The Morning Call ”The concept of workplace bullying is an undefined area of employment law.” Those of us hurtling through our middle-aged years will, every once in a while, have one of those ”Oh, how times have changed” moments. I had one last week while doing some legal research on the Internet. [...]

from Arielle Levin Becker, Courant.com Law enforcement authorities and educators may not be able to prevent every school shooting, but they can identify a “toxic recipe for disaster” — five characteristics typical in the students behind such violence, Jo Ann Freiberg told a gathering of nearly 600 educators and police Thursday morning. “Students having this [...]

from Bernice Mulligan, independent.ie We have all fantasised about the inappropriate things we would like to say to our boss as we march out defiantly on our last day. But before you start working on your speech, think of the consequences Sooner or later, we’ve all imagined — with relish — what it would be [...]

from Alyson Pellowe, OnRec.com The recent increase in harassment and bullying cases has lead to a growing confusion among managers regarding their legal position with regards to this potentially explosive issue. A recent poll revelled that 69% of employees at Law firm Peninsula reported being bullied at work during 2007; this was a rise of [...]

from Tory Johnson, ABC News Nearly 40 percent of American workers say they have experienced workplace bullying, according to a new study by research firm Zogby International. A University of Minnesota report released earlier this month found the emotional toll associated with workplace bullying can be more severe than that of sexual harassment. While sexual [...]