...because they just tolerated it, saying "oh, that's just how he is." As soon as management was made aware of his sleazy behavior, they dismissed him from the practice with, "We're not so desperate for business that we'll tolerate the abuse of our staff."

...shield employees from abuse. In my previous clinic, we had a patient who behaved very inappropriately (blatant innuendo and unwanted flirting) toward our female doctors & staff, making them extremely uncomfortable. I had to be the one to discuss it with management (who was totally unaware)...

The one bit of useful information to come from our annual compliance training (we have to review HIPAA, Medicare fraud, etc) is that harassment protections extend beyond coworkers and management. It applies to vendors, suppliers, and patients/customers, too. The company is liable if they fail to...

Doing these anti-harassment trainings just dredges up bad memories and pisses me off. Like when my cool lesbian coworker got married (before the Ogberfell decision), other coworkers approached me to say it's not a real marriage. This year the "training" is taking FOREVER, why's it so fucking long?

Fin ❤️