Dr. Andrew W. Engel and his Bend dental practice have been ordered to pay nearly $350,000 in damages to a former hygienist who left when ordered to attend a three-day, Scientology-affiliated symposium or be fired, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said.
Besides lost wages and health benefits, the damages include moving expenses after the complainant had to move out of state to find work, as well as emotional distress damages associated with the workplace harassment and complainant’s separation from her teenage daughter as she pursued alternate employment, the bureau said.