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I’m heading to Albany this spring vacation and you will be one topic of discussion with legislators:

If the NYS Healthy Workplace Bill becomes law, a business that does not put policies and procedures in place that correct and prevent workplace bullying, the employer becomes legally liable financially for the bullies behavior. They can be sued by the target in Civil Court because bullying will be against the law.

If the employer DOES enforce policies, and the bully stops, situation solved. If the bully doe not stop his or her behavior, then the employer is held harmless and the target can then sue the bully directly in Civil Court.

There can be financial consequences (awards) directly payable by the bully to the target.

Just thought you should know what’s in store for you.

Gregg Morris, editor, the WORD & this site.

Going for 500

Carmelo Grana from Port Jefferson Station NY signed this petition on Apr 2, 2015 for the 400th signature.

I’m listing others recent signers and I say thanks to all the other signers:

Lisa Wyche from Bronx, NY signed this petition on Apr 1, 2015.

398. Laurie Schaible from Selkirk, NY signed this petition on Apr 1, 2015.

397. Belinda Conti from Las Vegas, NV signed this petition on Mar 31, 2015. She wrote: “Worked in a company 19 years, and then got terminated for exposing a culture of bullies.”

396. Star Wyche-Tuckett from Brentwood, NY signed this petition on Mar 31, 2015.”I am in. I am a victim. I feel good about this.”

395. Anandi Premlall from South Ozone Park, NY signed this petition on Mar 30, 2015. Anandi is an alumna of Hunter College where I teach journalism

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