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Harassment at work

Harassment at work

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Harassment at work

- Have you ever seen someone physically touch another coworker without permission? Maybe they touched a black woman's braids or got a little handsy at a happy hour? Or have you heard someone make verbally harassing remarks to another colleague? Did you speak up and shut down that behavior or did you just let the moment pass, 'cause it wasn't really about you or you didn't feel that it was your place to speak up against it? While many microaggressions are so commonplace that people don't notice them or don't feel comfortable reporting them, others are in the form more traditionally talked about in workplace training, physical and verbal harassment. In this lesson, I'm going to walk you through some tangible strategies for how to speak up against physical and verbal harassment. Physical harassment is an all too common form of microaggression in the workplace, especially as we see the lines of professional relationships and…

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