HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3874        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to bullying in the workplace..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 115 the following section:—

Section 115A. The division of occupational safety shall conduct a study analyzing the direct and indirect costs of workplace psychological harassment for workers and their families as reflected in healthcare and insurance rates. The division shall develop a program requiring employers with 50 or more employees to establish, no later than December 31, 2011, a policy that defines psychological harassment and prevents its occurrence.