POLICY: Sexual Harassment
POLICY #: [Insert Number]
EFFECTIVE DATE:[Insert Date]
PERTAINS TO:All Employees[Company Name] prohibits any form of harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment. Sexual harassment does not refer to occasional compliments or comments that are socially acceptable.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as:
- Unwelcome sexual advances,
- Requests for sexual favors when submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual´s employment or employment opportunities,
- When submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting the individual, or
- When such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual´s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
Sexual harassment may include a wide variety of behaviors and occurs on various levels, including but not limited to the following:
- Unwelcome physical contact of a sexual nature such as patting, pinching or unnecessary touching
- Overt or implied threats against an individual to induce him or her to perform sexual favors or to engage in an unwelcome sexual relationship
- Verbal harassment or abuse of a sexual nature including hints of a desire for sexual relations or making jokes or remarks of a sexual nature to or in front of a person who finds them offensive
- Use of sexually suggestive terms or gestures to describe a person´s body, clothing or sexual activity
-Displaying, forwarding or posting offensive, sexually suggestive pictures, jokes or materials (including e-mails) in the workplace
[Company Name] will not tolerate retaliation or reprisal against any employee who has made a good faith complaint of harassment or discrimination. Each claim will be investigated, and will be subject to reasonable confidentiality.