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International - Outside the U.S.
Anti-Bullying Laws
Anti-Bullying Laws
America lags far behind the rest of the western industrialized countries in (a) acknowledging bullying at work, and (b) legislative ways to address it on a societal level.
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2007 Saskatchewan Occupational Health & Safety Act, amendment of 1993 Act to make "harassment" an actionable work hazard, if it "adversely affects the
worker's psychological or physical well-being and that the person
knows or ought reasonably to know would cause a worker to be
humiliated or intimidated" or if "grounds-based," illegal harassment (in .pdf) 2006-07 Legislative Assembly Bill No. 66 sponsor David Forbes
The Health and Safety Code revision went into effect on Oct. 1, 2007!
- The first North American law: Quebec Province (6/2004)(.html)
- 18 month status report by Prof. Angelo Soares, Univ of Quebec at Montreal
- State of South Australia (8/2005)
- Sweden (effective 1994), world's first
- France (2002)
- Britain (2001)