Bill Text: HI HR241 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Abusive Work Environments

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-12 - (H) Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 49 [HR241 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HR241-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	241
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the department of labor and industrial relations to adopt rules to prohibit abusive work environments.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, healthy and productive employees are the cornerstone of successful businesses and a prosperous economy; and

 

     WHEREAS, unfortunately, many employees are subjected to unhealthy, abusive work environments where workplace bullying, abuse, and harassment are prevalent occurrences, independent of membership in a protected group; and

 

     WHEREAS, as a result, these employees may experience physical and psychological harm, which negatively impacts job performance and job safety, often manifesting in injuries and illnesses; and

 

     WHEREAS, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recognizes general harassment, including workplace bullying, as a form of workplace violence; and

 

     WHEREAS, workplace bullying has been defined by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as the repeated intimidation, slandering, social isolation, or humiliation by one or more persons against another; and

 

     WHEREAS, the United States Congress has found that employee injuries and illness that arise out of work situations impose a substantial burden on businesses and that these injuries and illnesses can be reduced through the establishment and enforcement of minimum health and safety standards; and

 

     WHEREAS, accordingly, the Hawaii occupational safety and health law ensures safe and healthful working conditions for all employees throughout the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, in addition to the current protections under the law, employees need protection from the repeated health-impairing mistreatment of one person by another to promote safe and healthy work environments; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is urged to adopt rules to prohibit abusive work environments; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is urged to develop and disseminate, at no cost to employers, information on abusive work environments and the legal consequences that employees or employers encounter if they contribute to the creation or perpetuation of abusive work environments; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Abusive Work Environments