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Another suicide after workplace abuse: a Dairy Queen employee

I want to bring attention to the suicide of Dairy Queen worker Kenny Suttner to bring awareness to the (sometimes messy) connection between workplace abuse and suicide: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/a-horribly-bullied-teen-committed-suicide-now-his-former-dairy-queen-boss-has-been-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/ The family has since reached a settlement, and the boss plead guilty to assault: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/mother-school-district-reach-settlement-in-kenneth-suttner-wrongful-death-case/article_1e9ab2ee-be15-11e9-92d4-4f553aced299.html Employers are not explicitly liable for the psychological harm of their employees, nor do they want to be. Employers choose to avoid a perceived threat of liability over human well-being. Sign up for an October 22 Lives Lost to Workplace Bullying and Mobbing protest in your area or start one: https://actionnetwork.org/events/lives-lost-to-workplace-bullying-and-mobbing/ Sign the petition to pass the Workplace Psychological Safety Act: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass-the-workplace-psychological-safety-act/


I want to bring attention to the suicide of Dairy Queen worker Kenny Suttner to bring awareness to the (sometimes messy) connection between workplace abuse and suicide:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/02/a-horribly-bullied-teen-committed-suicide-now-his-former-dairy-queen-boss-has-been-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter/

The family has since reached a settlement, and the boss plead guilty to assault:
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/mother-school-district-reach-settlement-in-kenneth-suttner-wrongful-death-case/article_1e9ab2ee-be15-11e9-92d4-4f553aced299.html

Employers are not explicitly liable for the psychological harm of their employees, nor do they want to be. Employers choose to avoid a perceived threat of liability over human well-being.

Sign up for an October 22 Lives Lost to Workplace Bullying and Mobbing protest in your area or start one:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/lives-lost-to-workplace-bullying-and-mobbing/

Sign the petition to pass the Workplace Psychological Safety Act:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass-the-workplace-psychological-safety-act/

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