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September 20, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-Detroit, MI	Detroit, MI
September 29, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE- Toronto, CANADA	Toronto, CANADA
October 18, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-New York, NY	New York, NY
October 25, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-Portland, OR	Portland, OR
October 26, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
November 1, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-Washington, DC	Washington, DC
November 8, 2007	Ladies Who Launch LIVE-Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA

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[DIANE MONET NOBLES]

THE PROPOSED "HEALTHY WORKPLACE ACT"

I have recently written a book entitled, "Bullying In The Workplace" which includes true stories of people who were actually traumatized by being bullied on the job. The purpose of my book is to bring out the issue to the public's attention and help change the laws that govern being bullied or harassed on the job. There is currently a bill in the Legislature called "The Healthy Workplace Act."

Under the proposed bill an employer can be sued for alleged workplace bullying. An employee found guilty will be fined. The bill offers an affirmative defense to an employer who takes steps to resolve the problem if the employee rejects such an option.
The employee can also have a bullying complaint aired before a judge. However, taking that route prevents the employee from also filing suit

You can check out my book at:

http://www.thedigitalword.com/bullying_nobles.htm

E-book carries stories of workplace bullying
>
> Saturday, August 18, 2007
>
> By DIANE HAINES
> HERALD NEWS
>
> A blizzard closed businesses across northern New
> Jersey. Officials declared a state of emergency that
> required workers to stay off the roads.
>
> Nonetheless, an attorney made it into work and
> expected the staff to show up. A secretary who
> couldn't catch a bus went home and received several
> berating telephone calls from her attorney boss for
> not getting to work. The secretary believed she was
> subjected to workplace bullying and reported the
> incidents to the human resources department. The
> department attempted to resolve the problem be
> assigning her to a different lawyer in the same
> firm.
>
> The secretary was fortunate that her assignment
> was changed. However, the human resources department
> had no legal obligation to take action under the
> current state discrimination law. That may change if
> a proposed bill is signed into law.
> The abusive treatment experienced by the secretary
> is one of hundreds of examples of workplace bullying
> included in a new e-book assembled by former
> Paterson resident Diane Monet Nobles, who is now a
> paralegal in Georgia. The book, published by The
> Digital Word, debuted in June and can be viewed at
> www.thedigitalword.com.
>
> Nobles says she's witnessed or heard about acts of
> bullying throughout her career in both Passaic
> County and Georgia. She says she views the book as a
> means of allowing people to vent about their
> workplace problems. Thanks to a 2005 ad on
> Craigslist, Nobles says, she was swamped with
> examples.
>
> The book offers no solutions or problem-solving
> advice. It merely allows contributors to describe a
> bad or troubling experience.
>
> Nobles provided a sounding board, and now
> Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein wants to change
> the discrimination law.
>
> If Greenstein, D-Mercer/Middlesex, gets her
> Healthy Workplace Act signed into law, workplace
> abuse will be outlawed. The measure was introduced
> Oct. 23, 2006, and is sitting in the labor
> committee. Greenstein wants to move the bill during
> the Legislature's lame-duck session after the coming
> election in November.
>
> The bill says that 16 to 21 percent of employees
> nationwide have directly experienced
> health-endangering workplace bullying, abuse and
> harassment. The bill says studies show that
> workplace bullying is four times more prevalent then
> sexual harassment. Such a work environment can
> result in employees suffering stress, loss of sleep,
> anxiety, depression and gastrointestinal disorders.
>
> The employment discrimination law now on the books
> provides only for employees who have been subjected
> to abusive treatment at work based on race, color,
> gender, national origin or age. If Greenstein's bill
> becomes law, businesses that allow, or engage in,
> bullying tactics will face up to $25,000 in fines.
>
> Greenstein says that as head of the judiciary
> committee she was approached by a workers
> compensation judge who told her that bullying is not
> covered under the law. She explains that employees
> are used to working at the will of the employer and
> think they have to put up with bullying and abuse.
>
> "The workers compensation laws are inadequate to
> deal with this," Greenstein says. "The issue of
> bullying has been addressed in schools but not on
> the job."
>
> Greenstein's proposal makes New Jersey the 10th
> state to introduce an anti-bullying bill.
> Under the proposed bill an employer can be sued
> for alleged workplace bullying. An employee found
> guilty will be fined. The bill offers an affirmative
> defense to an employer who takes steps to resolve
> the problem if the employee rejects such an option.
>
> The employee can also have a bullying complaint
> aired before a judge. However, taking that route
> prevents the employee from also filing suit.
>
> Here is how to locate your government
> representatives to support "The Healthy Workplace
> Act" which is one of the bills being submitted to
> the Legislature for passing in the November 2007
> election:

Please view "The Healthy Workplace Act" at:
www.workplacebullysite.com
My Book: Bullying in the Workplace at:
http://www.thedigitalword.com/bullying_nobles.html