August 16, 2017
The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the findings: Nearly one in five workers …
June 25, 2013
A bill under consideration at the Statehouse would target bullying in the workplace. A Massachusetts legislative panel is scheduled to hear testimony on Tuesday on the proposed law that supporters call “The Healthy Workforce” bill. The measure would offer protections …
March 27, 2013
The Montana agency that responds to natural disasters and emergencies is a dysfunctional, divisive workplace with a climate of fear and the perception of bullying by some managers, according to an internal report conducted last year. The three-page report by …
March 4, 2013
Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. “One day I didn’t do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started …
December 6, 2011
Even though workplace bullying has been identified as a major concern in recent years, University of Iowa officials responsible for informally resolving those disputes are successful in only one in every eight cases, according to data that sheds light on …