Dignity at Work Bill progress
Around 100 people attended a meeting on Monday 25 November 2002 organised by
Amicus at Portcullis House, Westminster: http://www.msf.org.uk/cgi-bin/news/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=308&view_records=1&ww=1
UK police identify thousands of pedophiles ...
...including many professionals (teachers, police officers) with access to
children. Most evade capture because of lack of police resources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2443705.stm.
I've long suspected that many serial bullies at work (workbully/serial.htm)
are involved in child abuse both in and out of the workplace; the top four
groups of enquirers are teachers, nurses, social workers and voluntary sector
workers, all report a serial bully and each is in a situation with easy access
to children and vulnerable people. Police officers and church officials also
number regularly amongst enquiries. Most serial bullies, and abusers, evade
accountability because of their verbal dexterity and the enjoyment of protection
from like-minded people higher up the organisation. Many serial bullies in
management positions in the public sector also have a common handshake.
Nissan Micra dashboard designer describes daily bullying
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/newsstory.asp?storyid=20325&arc=True
Sex (discrimination) in the City
Woman who alleges she was "exploited, abused and overlooked" because
of her pregnancy wins city sex case: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,840364,00.html
This is not the first sex discrimination case at Nomura: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F03%2F13%2Fnsac13.xml
£2.2m for woman frozen out of her own
company by 'sexist' directors
Former nurse Kate Bleasdale wins a record settlement for sex discrimination
in a case which highlights the discriminatory nature of discrimination
legislation - had she been male she would not have been able to use the laws on
harassment and discrimination:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,840597,00.html
Sacked Cardiff social worker victimised for raising concerns
Charles Faber is taking Cardiff County Council to tribunal for alleged bullying
and victimisation. Last month's enewsletter that Cardiff Social Services were
amongst the worst in Wales
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2331765.stm).
Mr Faber made the mistake of reporting his feelings that vulnerable children in
Cardiff were slipping through the net and had been abandoned by social services:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2432263.stm
Stress and overwork top worker concerns
Fear of violence appears in top five for first time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2390331.stm
and http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-5750-f0.cfm
Plus ca change
Research shows that staff in technology jobs work in the white collar equivalent
of a nineteenth century factory suffering from isolation, job insecurity and
long hours: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2514771.stm
Nurse wins record compensation for back injury
In a ground-breaking case former nurse Angela Knott has won £420,000 after
suffering a cumulative back injury. Ms Knott alleges Newham Healthcare NHS Trust
failed in their duty of care. The Trust now faces legal bills of £400,000. Ms
Knott commented: "There are hardly any nurses in the UK now because of this
- the management just do not appreciate us or give us the respect we
deserve." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2333005.stm
(in another legal precedent with a coincidental same surname Roger Knott was
awarded a record £825,000 in June 1998 for suffering PTSD after an explosion
whilst descaling a boiler)
NHS recruitment and staffing woes continue
A shortage of intensive care consultants puts live at risk: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2444777.stm
NHS recruitment and staffing woes continue
Lack of hospital laboratory staff leaves serious illnesses undiagnosed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2490717.stm
NHS managing for excellence
Lots of fine words, but will it work? http://www.doh.gov.uk/managingforexcellence/index.htm
NHS under scrutiny again for racist pay policy
Study suggests senior hospital doctors are denied salary bonuses because of the
colour of their skin: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2416303.stm
Doctors under government pressure
...to make diagnoses that result in cutting Disability Benefit: http://www.htvwales.com/walesthisweek/pages/2002/564_disability.shtml
Joint Programme Launches New Initiative Against Workplace Violence
International Labour Organisation report highlights violence in the health
sector: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2002/49.htm
Work overload is main cause of stress at work
The TUC has revealed that work overload is the main cause of stress at work
across Britain. A TUC survey of 5,300 union safety reps shows that stress is the
main health and safety concern in Britain's workplaces.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-5761-f0.cfm
Work on life - free enewsletter
The Australian Council of Trades Unions (ACTU) publishes Work
on Life, an e-bulletin that focuses on working to live: http://www.actu.asn.au/public/campaigns/reasonable/workonlife3.html
Blair crime crackdown
But some killers (like corporate manslaughter and bullying) don't rate a
mention: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2450727.stm
It's official - work is the biggest killer
And that's without adding bullying to the equation: http://www.hseni.gov.uk/newsev.asp#no4
(press release: 14 November 2002)
Survey shows junior City lawyers buckling under stress
43% have witnessed bullying and one in three want to leave the legal profession:
http://www.legalweek.net/ViewItem.asp?id=11649
and http://www.legalweek.net/ViewItem.asp?id=11680
and http://www.legalweek.net/ViewItem.asp?id=11697
Survey brands New York law firm Clifford Chance as the least
favourite major law firm to work for
A leaked memo cites, among other issues, terrible relations between partners and
associates, poor facilities and dehumanising annual billing targets: http://www.legalweek.net/ViewItem.asp?id=11657
Rude lawyers in New York (never)
Lawyers who know how to think but have not learned how to behave are a menace
and a liability, not an asset, to the administration of justice: http://www.nysba.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Attorney_Resources/Ethics_Opinions/Report_on_Uncivil_Conduct_in_Depositions/175778_1.pdf
New York whistleblower vindicated
...but suffers high personal cost, like most whistleblowers: http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=50606
NIOSH Educational DVD on Work Stress Discusses Work Organization Factors, Interventions
Free NIOSH training and educational video program on the topic of workplace stress (does it
mention bullying?: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/workstressdvd.html
Tough Bosses and the ADA
Employees cannot insist on being moved away from a bullying boss: http://www.kollmanlaw.com/article4.shtml
Sacked workers challenged racism
Somali workers who cleaned and serviced rental cars for National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car at St
Pauls Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, are taking legal action:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/22/1066/article9532.asp
Sex discrimination at Wal-Mart
Employees are charging the company with systematic sex discrimination in
promotions, assignments, training and pay: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14683
First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
New WHO report presents more complete picture of global violence:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/pr73/en/
ILO workplace survey ranks Argentina the most violent
France comes third, Canada fourth and the USA ninth: http://www.warrenshepell.com/newsroom/news-may2002.html
Miss America not silenced
Erika Harold wins fight to speak freely: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021010-10838180.htm
Is employment at-will the center of work-related crimes?
http://members.tripod.com/~issuesny/home/id78.html
University of Arizona College of Nursing gunman's letter analysed
Robert Stewart Flores wrote a 22-page suicide letter which I've analysed at newsflores.htm
Gun distributor liable for shootings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2479149.stm
Scientists pinpoint brain's fear control area
Scientists have pinpointed an area of the brain involved in overcoming fear
which may help to improve treatments for people suffering from Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) and anxiety attacks: http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/11/item20021107093607_1.htm
Tough new rules on email snooping proposed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2461423.stm
Ageism costing UK plc £31billion a year
...says charity Age Concern: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2417325.stm,
reinforcing what CAADE has been campaigning for years: http://www.caade.net
Deepcut soldier's family campaigns for justice
The family of Pte Geoff Gray, one of (at least) four suspicious suicides at
Deepcut Army Barracks in Surrey, England, had started a web site as part of
their campaign for truth and justice. You can sign their guest book. http://www.justice4ptegeoffgray.co.uk/
Catholic Church head allowed sexual abuse priest to continue working
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Head of the Catholic Church in England and
Wales, permitted a priest who admitted interfering with a teenage boy to
continue working. The priest begged forgiveness, a traditional and usually
successful tactic of abusers in religious organisations (and elsewhere).
Kidscape's Michele Elliott has called on Murphy-O'Connor to resign for failing
to follow his own guidelines: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2513359.stm
Catholic school abuse survivor's web site
http://www.victimsnolonger.org.uk
Making work a safe haven from domestic violence
A new guide aims to help unions and employers develop sympathetic, but effective
ways of assisting the victims of domestic violence, a problem that will affect
one in four women at some point in their lives: http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-5867-f0.cfm
Bully in sight: how to
predict, resist, challenge and combat workplace bullying
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: the invisible
injury, 2001 edition
Bullycide: death at playtime, an
exposé of child suicide cause by bullying
Training seminars
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