Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Risk Management for Hair Removal Professionals

Course overview

The inherently intimate of many spa and esthetics treatments create special sexual harassment, sexual assault and other sexual misconduct legal and business risks for esthetics professionals and the spa and medical esthetic clinic operators providing these services. Since the practical realities of delivering many esthetic treatments and services prevents the elimination of many of the intimacies that create these risks, spa and medical esthetic clinics and individual estheticians alike should understand these risks and follow good risk management processes to manage their exposures. Attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will conduct a Web-Ex briefing designed to help spas and esthetics clinics, licensed estheticians, and other esthetics and spa professionals and staff understand, recognize, and mitigate these legal, professional and business risks. Among other things, she will discuss sexual harassment, sexual assault and other common legal, ethical and business risks that frequently arise from sexual misconduct complaints by clients or employees; discuss policies, practices, training and other risk management strategies for preventing and mitigating potential sexual misconduct exposures, and best practices for investigating and responding to complaints and other events arising sexual misconduct concerns; and other tips to help spa operators and estheticians hone their ability to recognize and diffuse potentially risky circumstances.