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Who's Pulling Your Strings?: How to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Control of Your Life

Gray Matters : The Workplace Survival Guide

Mobbing: Emotional Abuse in the American Workplace, 2002 Revised Edition

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What is workplace mobbing?

"In the early 1980s, a Swedish psychologist named Heinz Leymann* identified a grave threat to health and safety in what appear to be the healthiest, safest workplaces in the world. German was Leymann’s first language, Swedish his second, but he labeled the distinct menace he had found with an English word: mobbing. ..."

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Bullying And Harassment

"When people mention bullying, many automatically think of bullying in school - yet bullying is responsible for 30-50 per cent of all stress-related illness in the workplace. This, says the Health & Safety Executive, costs employers 80 million working days and up to £2 billion in lost revenue every year. It also results in poor morale and productivity and higher staff turnover."

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Researchers Warn Bully Bosses Threaten Productivity And Office Safety

"Workplace bullies - people who target workers for intimidation, belittlement and humiliation - are themselves becoming the targets of individuals and groups promoting respectful and safe workplaces in Canada."

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Decrease In Employee Stress At Finnish Workplaces

"Stress and haste at the workplace have eased somewhat in Finland in recent years. A fresh survey by the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health and Safety indicates that work is no longer as psychologically taxing as before."

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National Whistleblower Center

"The National Whistleblower Center is a nonprofit, tax exempt, educational and advocacy organization dedicated to helping whistleblowers. Since 1988, the Center has used whistleblowers’ disclosures improve environmental protection, nuclear safety, and government and corporate accountability. The Center’s mission is to strengthen the rights of whistleblowers and to help make their underlying claims."

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Stopping Workplace Wrongs Through Punitive Damages

"Punitive damages are a sum of money awarded (in addition to other damages) to punish the defendant for willful, wanton, or malicious conduct, and to deter such future conduct by the defendant and others.A majority of jurisdictions and the U.S Supreme Court have gradually extended liability for punitive damages to include 'reckless or callous disregard of, or indifference to, the rights and safety of others.'”

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Basic Health and Safety Rights

A good Resource listing from the AFLCIO including links.

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Safety And Health Topics: Workplace Violence

"From the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Covers violence prevention program elements, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, training and education and more."

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Workplace Violence Risk Factors and Prevention

A Resource from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that, "reviews what is known about fatal and nonfatal violence in the workplace to determine the focus needed for prevention and research. The document also summarizes issues to be addressed when dealing with workplace violence in various settings."

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Employee Workplace Rights

A comprehensive Resource from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that addressed numerous key topics such as what to do if you question the safety of, access to information and protection from retaliation.

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Occupational Safety And Health Administration

"OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors, plus complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs."

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Stress At Work

A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study on the causes of work stress that covers: dangers of stress and steps to prevent stress.

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Canadian Labor Code Information

This site present information for Canadians on labor codes relevant to several topics (e.g., health and safety and human rights.)

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