Draft VMWS Position Statement on Occupational Violence
Bullying, intimidation, physical abuse, sexual harassment and sexual assault are unacceptable behaviours. Working and learning environments must be safe from these behaviours.
Bullying, intimidation, physical abuse, sexual harassment and sexual assault are unacceptable behaviours. Working and learning environments must be safe from these behaviours.
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As business owners we have all grappled with finding the right people to ensure we maintain a productive and enthusiastic Practice team. Finding the right people may well be the first step. However, it is what we do after we have found them that determines whether our people shine and respond to the challenges of everyday business and practice life.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) awarded $100,000 in recognition of substantial damages to a female surgical trainee three years after an episode of sexual harassment had occurred at a major Melbourne teaching hospital.
Dr Tan paid an enormous personal price for whistle-blowing. Since reporting her abuse Dr Tan has experienced a terrible ordeal, complete with the denigration of her character and professional competence, moving interstate to continue her training before finally being vindicated this month.
Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct or behaviour of a sexual nature. Unwelcome conduct means that you didn’t invite the conduct or behaviour. Sexual harassment is behaviour that offends, humiliates, intimidates or undermines you. It can be a single incident, or repeated behaviour. It is an unlawful form of discrimination.
A widow and her two children have been awarded a $207,390 lump sum after her husband died from epilepsy aggravated by his extreme work hours. Dr Peter Nettelbeck, 28, was working at the Latrobe Hospital in Traralgon when he was found dead in a bed after working regular long hours and being on call during the night.
“Trafficking in human beings is large-scale and growing. It is a human rights abuse as well as a crime crossing international, national and regional jurisdictions. Trafficking in persons is, in itself, a human rights violation, and one which can result in a series of further abuses, involving debt-bondage, forced labour and slavery-like conditions, as well as rape, torture, imprisonment and even murder.
Interns who work marathon shifts of 24 hours or more make four times more deadly mistakes than colleagues who get enough sleep.
Too many 24-hour shifts worked by hospital interns cause medical mistakes that harm and may even kill patients, according to a new Harvard Medical School study published online in PLoS (view the study here). Doctors in training who fall asleep during surgery or while examining patients make four times more errors that cause deaths than their better-rested colleagues, the research reveals.
The Victorian Medical Women’s Society is committed to providing you with resources and information that will empower you to act to make your workplace safe for you and your colleagues. We publicly committed to this at a Practice Safety forum in March 2007, a forum was prompted by the tragic killing of GP Dr Khulod Maarouf-Hassan, whose story was finally brought to national prominence when it was featured on the ABC Australian Story on 30/06/08. If you have not viewed this program we recommend you visit http://abc.net.au/austory and click on “The waiting room” to watch the story online.
For further Practice Safety resources please read on…
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