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	<title>WHEN THE ABUSER GOES TO WORK &#187; federal law</title>
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		<title>Discriminating Against the Unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DISPATCHES]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since this blog was written, President Barack Obama in September 2011 sent a new bill to Congress that incorporates a provision that employers may not refuse to hire persons on the basis of their being unemployed.  Fair Employment Act of 2011 July 14, 2011 &#8211; Kudos to U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Hank Johnson, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Anti-Bullying Laws Inevitable &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are excerpts from a Jan. 21, 2011 article in The New York Law Journal by two attorneys at a major law firm that represents management and employers, warning that it is just a question of time before a state passes a law providing a right of civil redress to workers who are victims of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Federal Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 Some experts say the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should take the lead on combating workplace bullying.*  There is overwhelming evidence that workplace bullying can lead to serious injury and even death.  In fact, a term has been coined for workers who are driven to suicide as a result [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>FEDERAL LAWS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no federal law per se that prohibits workplace abuse but there are many laws that may capture some of the behaviors that are used by the abuser. For example, an abuser who systematically harasses a person of color  may be  vulnerable to a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of race.  What follows [&#8230;]]]></description>
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