End Workplace Abuse

The workplace abuse playbook: 1. Workplace abuse typically begins when one employee, who is generally insecure and/or jealous, is threatened by the competence or demeanor of another employee. They try to convince both the target and others in the workplace that the target is incompetent by minimizing them and their work. 2. In toxic work environments, when employees report psychological abuse to HR or higher-ups, those authorities willfully ignore the complaints. Employers are not liable for psychological abuse nor do they want to be. The employer misleads the unsuspecting employee to believe they have a legitimate complaint process to remedy the problem. 3. The employer fails to alter the employee’s work environment. The employer doesn’t remove the stressor (bully) and prolongs the complaint process. The emboldened bully continues to harass and abuse the target without consequence or deterrent. The employee is further victimized. The unsuspecting employee voluntarily leaves because of the health harm, is fired due to the health harm, or dies, succumbing to the silent killer stress of the work environment. There is significant physical, mental, and emotional injury as well as severe economic harm. 4. The abuser wins. Their perceived competition is gone. The employer wins. Their perceived threat of liability is gone. The unsuspecting employee had done nothing to provoke either. 5. Trauma occurs. When the employee realizes the full perpetration and institutional complicity of tampering with their health and livelihood, forcing them off the payroll to avoid liability, and that there’s no legal recourse for any of it, trauma upon trauma occurs. Join us to #Endworkplaceabuse #HoldEmployersAccountable and #StopBullyingandMobbing: WPSAct.org

“Don’t let them sweep this under the rug.” Those were a few of the last words of Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey before she took her own life after suffering workplace abuse at Lincoln University in Missouri. She is one of us. She can no longer speak for herself, but we can do what she asked us to do: lift the rug and shine a light on this egregious behavior. Join End Workplace Abuse on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, New Year’s Day, at 1pmET for our first annual Voice & Action Rally, which will include exclusive interviews from Dr. Candia-Bailey’s husband and her best friend as they turn their pain into purpose to raise public awareness around this phenomenon, a silent epidemic that affects millions of employees each year. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ed6DevjE Then join us for a nationwide protest on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, as we stand in solidarity and demand Justice for Bonnie on the first anniversary of her needless death due to these inhumane and cruel workplace practices that operate under the radar of any form of accountability. It’s is no time to remain silent. Every one of the perpetrators, including the Board of Curators, remain in leadership positions at Lincoln University. We demand nothing short of a full independent investigation. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/e2-QJ7fN

“Don’t let them sweep this under the rug.” — Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey It’s been almost a year since her death after suffering from workplace bullying at Lincoln University of Missouri. The administration intentionally ignored her pleas for help and accountability, and two months later, cleared themselves of any wrongdoing. WE NEED A LAW: THE WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT. For the first time since her passing, you’ll hear from Dr. Candia-Bailey’s husband and best friend as they share their pain and now purpose to support a proposed bill that will protect you and your family from workplace abuse. Join us New Year’s Day for their exclusive interviews as part of our first annual “Voice & Action Rally." We’re raising awareness and pushing for accountability, and your voice is needed. If you want to work in a bully-free zone, RSVP for our “Voice & Action Rally” on January 1, 2025 at 1pmET: https://lnkd.in/ed6DevjE #JusticeforBonnie

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"In the lawsuit, DFEH accuses the top executives at Activision Blizzard, all White males, of allowing other male employees to routinely torment female co-workers."

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"This must stop. Treating employees like this should be a crime. If I was sexually harassed or there was innuendo by an individual in a position of authority over me, this would be illegal. Make workplace bullying illegal, too. NO ONE should have to go through this. No one."