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  • employees mob a social worker

    employees mob a social worker

    “I have worked with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) for five years. I have two issues: (1) workplace harassment and bullying and (2) failure to follow protocols related to the Americans with Disabilities Act and reasonable accommodation. On my first day, the director commented, “Oh, you are the highest paid here,” which she later…

  • DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION CAUSING SEVERE STRESS

    DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION CAUSING SEVERE STRESS

    “I’m a 50-year-old African American woman working as a divisional safety manager in the timber and wood products industry — an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated space. Since being hired in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve made measurable impacts in improving safety performance. Under my leadership, the company achieved historic lows in incident and severity…

  • A CULTURE OF FEAR

    A CULTURE OF FEAR

    “I work for a large corporation that presents itself as employee-friendly but in practice creates a culture of fear, overwork, and constant anxiety. Many of us feel bullied, ignored, and gaslit. When mistakes happen — not due to carelessness, but due to a lack of training — we’re written up without discussion or accountability from…

  • DISABLED AND DISREGARDED IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM

    DISABLED AND DISREGARDED IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM

    “I’ve worked in the legal field for over two decades, primarily as a court clerk. When I joined the federal judiciary in 2007, I consistently met or exceeded expectations and upheld the highest standards of professionalism. In late 2018, everything changed. After a building upgrade, I was repeatedly exposed to airborne irritants that triggered severe…

  • WORKPLACE BULLYING AND MOBBING

    WORKPLACE BULLYING AND MOBBING

    “I experienced workplace bullying and mobbing at two different organizations — one in the healthcare insurance sector as a team manager, and another in public health as a program director. At my first role, I was placed in charge of managing underperforming contingent workers and was pressured by leadership to “clean house.” In response, some…

  • Relentless TormentING after Reporting Harassment

    Relentless TormentING after Reporting Harassment

    “For the last two years, I had been working for a renowned Fortune 500 company. After working less than a year at entry-level, I was promoted to Supervisor. Little did I know, this would be the beginning of the end. I reported another supervisor for sexual harassment. I had been dealing with it since I…

  • France Has The Strongest Workplace Anti-bullying Law to Date

    France Has The Strongest Workplace Anti-bullying Law to Date

    France, along with Sweden, are considered to have the strongest legal protections against workplace psychological abuse. The way the French handle bullying and mobbing in the workplace has pros and cons that offer useful lessons for American advocates of psychological safety at work. A COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTION OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH Following a 1989 European…

  • International laws

    International laws

    THE U.S. IS ONE OF THE LAST INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS TO ADDRESS WORKPLACE ABUSE (ALSO KNOWN AS BULLYING, MORAL HARASSMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT, AND POWER HARASSMENT). So who’s already addressed it, and what do their laws do? 1993: SwedenOrdinance Concerning Victimisation at Work1996: BelgiumAct on well-being of workers in the performance of their work (includes criminal liability)…

  • U.S. Laws

    U.S. Laws

    PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AT WORK IS A HUMAN RIGHT. Ensuring workers’ psychological safety will require a reliance on strong state laws leading to a federal law, enforcement of laws, and a dedicated labor movement, including unions, to hold employers accountable. Laws must cover all workers, all or most types of abuse, clear accessible pathways to fair and…

  • How Sexual Harassment Law Shapes Our Direction

    How Sexual Harassment Law Shapes Our Direction

    WE KNOW THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW HAS ADVANCED WORKERS’ RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN. BUT WHAT HAS IT DONE — AND NOT DONE — TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR WOMEN? HOW IS IT ENABLING THOSE WRITING THE RULES TO KEEP THEMSELVES IN POWER TO CLING ONTO THE STATUS QUO? Let’s look to Yale Law School’s Reva…