Updated
Updated · Slate · Jun 16
Doree Urges Worker to Document Sexual Harassment Before Going to Boss or HR
Updated
Updated · Slate · Jun 16

Doree Urges Worker to Document Sexual Harassment Before Going to Boss or HR

1 articles · Updated · Slate · Jun 16

Summary

  • Doree Shafrir advised a young hospital tech to record each harassing remark from older male co-workers, including who said it, when it happened and any witnesses.
  • The advice came after the woman said 40-to-50-year-old men at her workplace insinuated she "used" her friendship with her boss to land the job.
  • Shafrir said the worker should keep copies of the documentation at home, raise the issue with her boss first and go to HR if he fails to stop it.
  • She framed HR as acting to protect the company from a sexual-harassment lawsuit, arguing the comments are unacceptable and could put the men's jobs at risk.

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