The Workplace Psychological Safety Act (Bullying)
Testimony for the Workplace Psychological Safety Act (7-minute version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xULk5VI4BY
The Workplace Psychological Safety Act is moving forward in Rhode Island, which has a good chance of becoming the first state to pass a law against workplace bullying. Your help is needed to push things forward. There is strength in numbers.
The law will go before a Senate floor vote AND a public hearing of the House Labor Committee – both scheduled for this week.
The bill passed the Rhode Island Senate last year, and it passed the Rhode Island Senate Labor Committee just last week. That’s halfway to the governor’s office – where it has the potential to be signed into law.
Senate bill S2473 will go before a Senate floor vote this Tuesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. ET. Watch the Senate floor vote here: https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/
House bill H8044 will go before the House Labor Committee the next day: Wednesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. ET. This is a public hearing, and you can watch it here: https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/
Laws passed in one state often create a “domino effect” in other states. Laws passed in one country have the capacity to effect change in other countries. Even if you are not in Rhode Island, or not in the United States at all, please do your part to help out.
Submit your written testimony in support of H8044 to the House committee members at HouseLabor@rilegislature.gov before Wednesday’s hearing. There is a suggested two-page limit. Written testimony submitted to the Rhode Island House is public and accessible by search engines. If you want your testimony to be anonymous, submit it to info@endworkplaceabuse.com by the end of the day Tuesday, and your testimony will be made anonymous for you. If you can be in Rhode Island, testify in person in the House Lounge of the Rhode Island State House, 82 Smith Street, Providence, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, May 1, at 4 p.m. ET. Limit your testimony to three minutes. Rhode Island is not accepting virtual testimony.
Nothing wrong with starting small. Gotta start somewhere. Baby steps. One step at a time.
Sign the petition: https://workplacepsychologicalsafetyact.org/take-action/
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass-the-workplace-psychological-safety-act/
Testimony for the Workplace Psychological Safety Act (7-minute version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xULk5VI4BY