http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/wv-lawmakers-push-whistleblower-protection/ A water cooler for the public health crowd Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/wv-lawmakers-push-whistleblower-protection/#comment-36562 Celeste Monforton Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:34:47 +0000 http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/wv-lawmakers-push-whistleblower-protection/#comment-36562 Martha, Can you tell us where to find a list of the 14 states in which the Healthy Workplace Law has been introduced? Martha,
Can you tell us where to find a list of the 14 states in which the Healthy Workplace Law has been introduced?

]]> http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/wv-lawmakers-push-whistleblower-protection/#comment-36550 Martha Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:50:03 +0000 http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/wv-lawmakers-push-whistleblower-protection/#comment-36550 The new Healthy Workplace Law which is being brought in 14 states, is a good way to further protect whistleblowers. The law would make it illegal to subject an employee to an abusive work environment. Workplace Bullying comes in many forms but they are all very corrosive to the worker's health. It takes the burden of proof away from having to show retaliation. (how many times do you have eye witness testimony to your employer's mental processes?) This way the abuse is status blind and you don't have to prove why they are doing it, just that they are. When passed, employees can breeze right past the difficulty proving retaliatory intent. It will do the same for the Civil Rights laws - closing the gap where you have to prove the protected class was the reason for the abuse. The new Healthy Workplace Law which is being brought in 14 states, is a good way to further protect whistleblowers. The law would make it illegal to subject an employee to an abusive work environment. Workplace Bullying comes in many forms but they are all very corrosive to the worker’s health. It takes the burden of proof away from having to show retaliation. (how many times do you have eye witness testimony to your employer’s mental processes?) This way the abuse is status blind and you don’t have to prove why they are doing it, just that they are. When passed, employees can breeze right past the difficulty proving retaliatory intent. It will do the same for the Civil Rights laws - closing the gap where you have to prove the protected class was the reason for the abuse.

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