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MA H1728

MA H1728
Prohibiting the bullying of public school employees

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Introduced
01/20/2015
In Committee
05/09/2016
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to abusive or hostile work environments. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 149 of the General Laws to prohibit public school employees from being subjected to an abusive or hostile work environment, defining an abusive environment as one where an employer intentionally causes pain or distress through threatening, humiliating, or intimidating conduct, or repeated derogatory remarks, leading to physical or psychological harm, and a hostile environment as one permeated with intimidation or insult severe enough to alter employment conditions. It makes it an unlawful employment practice for employers to create, maintain, or permit such environments, or to fail to promptly address and investigate reports of them, and allows for legal action to stop these practices and seek remedies like reinstatement, damages, and attorney's fees. The bill also clarifies that these remedies are in addition to existing ones and that workers' compensation payments for the same injury or lost work time will be reimbursed from compensation paid under this new law.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (47)

Peter Kocot (D)*,  Brian Ashe (D),  Michael Brady (D),  Paul Brodeur (D),  Gailanne Cariddi (D),  Edward Coppinger (D),  Claire Cronin (D),  Daniel Cullinane (D),  Marjorie Decker (D),  Sal DiDomenico (D),  Michelle DuBois (D),  Lori Ehrlich (D),  Jamie Eldridge (D),  Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D),  Sean Garballey (D),  Colleen Garry (D),  Anne Gobi (D),  Danielle Gregoire (D),  Paul Heroux (D),  Louis Kafka (D),  Mary Keefe (D),  Kay Khan (D),  Jay Livingstone (D),  Timothy Madden (D),  Paul Mark (D),  Paul McMurtry (D),  James Miceli (D),  James Murphy (D),  Jim O'Day (D),  Sarah Peake (D),  Alice Peisch (D),  Thomas Petrolati (D),  Smitty Pignatelli (D),  Denise Provost (D),  Angelo Puppolo (D),  John Rogers (D),  Dennis Rosa (D),  Tom Sannicandro (D),  John Scibak (D),  Frank Smizik (D),  Todd Smola (R),  Tom Stanley (D),  Bill Straus (D),  Benjamin Swan (D),  John Velis (D),  Chris Walsh (D),  James Welch (D), 

Last Action

Read second and ordered to a third reading (on 06/09/2016)
(5 Companion Bills)

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H1728 03/12/2015
Bill https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H1728.pdf 03/12/2015
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