While ensuring a healthy workplace is a laudable goal, we opposed a piece of legislation which would create a far-reaching “civility code” and impose liability on employers or co-workers who are, among other things, “overbearing.” We noted that it could potentially run afront of First Amendment protections in seeking to regulate routine personal interactions, and that it provides even broader protections than those available to victims of discrimination protected by the state Fair Employment Practices Act.
Workplace Bullying (S 2486A)
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