#121 - Romance in the Workplace: Compliance, Boundaries, and Risk Management

Romance in the Workplace: Compliance, Boundaries, and Risk Management is a reminder that workplace conduct is not just an HR issue; it is one of the fastest ways for compliance risk to escalate when boundaries are unclear. When relationships cross reporting lines, involve power dynamics, or spill into work channels, organizations can face preventable exposure. In this session, we use workplace-relationship scenarios as real-world risk-control case studies to help healthcare organizations build a repeatable, defensible response workflow that protects people, culture, and operations. Ray Walters (EPICompliance) and Jose Delgado Jr. (Taino Consultants) break down common gaps, including undisclosed reporting-line relationships, favoritism concerns, retaliation risk after breakups, misuse of work communication channels, privacy and documentation failures, and inconsistent manager responses, then translate them into practical controls teams can implement immediately.Key Topics:How to reduce compliance and workplace-risk exposure by defining policy boundaries, disclosure expectations, management ownership, and escalation pathways.How to handle workplace relationships professionally in real time, including supervisor responsibilities, conflict-of-interest controls, anti-retaliation safeguards, and communication-channel boundaries.How to build an audit-ready evidence trail, including disclosure records, management actions, investigation timelines, corrective actions, and a practical do's-and-don'ts playbook with an HR/supervisor decision tree.Resources:Learn more about healthcare compliance systems: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠epicompliance.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Explore healthcare compliance training and weekly webinars: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠epicompliance.com/training-in...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Originally Recorded: February 10, 2026.