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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEqual Employment PolicyJanuary 1, 2006 TO ALL EMPLOYEES CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA Equal Employment Opportunit~ Policy This City of Jeffersonville, Indiana (hereinafter Jeffersonville) is an Equal Opporturdty Employer. It is the policy of Jeffersonville to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or age, sexual orientation, or veteran status in all personnel actions including recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training, discipline, termination, etc. It is also the policy of Jeffersonville to promote the realization of equal employment opportunity through positive and continuing practices designed to ensure complete understanding of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or age, sexual orientation, or veteran status. To make this policy effective, and to ensure conformance with applicable U.S. EEO laws and regulations, we are posting this policy for review by all employees. We ask your cooperation and assistance in our affirmative efforts to recruit, hire and promote qualified minority and female individuals in all positions, specifically positions which are underutilized. In this regard, if you know individuals who might be interested in and qualified to work for Jeffersonville, we encourage you to refer them. Please note that all applicants will be considered equally based upon qualifying, non-discriminatory factors. It is the policy of Jeffersonville that the best qualified applicants are hired and promoted. All applicants and employees are entitled to equal employment opportunity. If you believe you have been discriminated against, you are encouraged to report this to your immediate supervisor or to Kim Calabro, Human Resources Director, at (812) 285-6405. At any time, you may also report concerns to the Equal Employment Oppommity Commissio~ [:~QC)~ice. Allegations of discrimination will be investigated promptly bY J~ ~,/,fl~°ut threat °f retaliati°n' // Rob~Walz, I~ i(yor of Jeffersonville Date The City of Jeffersonville Prevention of Harassment Policy, The City of Jeffersonville, Indiana (hereinafter Jeffersonville) is committed to providing a workplace free of sexual harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination (which includes harassment based on gender, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions) as well as harassment, intimidation, threats, coemion or discrimination based on such factors as race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, family care leave status or veteran status. Jeffersonville strongly disapproves of and will not tolerate harassment of employees by management, coworkers, consultants, contractors, suppliers or citizens. Similarly, Jeffersonville will not tolerate harassment by its employees of non-employees or citizens with whom Jeffersonville Harassment includes verbal, physical, and visual conduct that creates an intimidating, offensive or hostile working environment or that interferes with work performance. Such conduct constitutes harassment when (1) submission to the conduct is made either an explicit or implicit condition of employment; (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision; or (3) the harassment interferes with an employee's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Sexually harassing conduct in particular includes all of these prohibited actions as well as other unwelcome conduct such as requests for sexual favors, conversation containing sexual comments and unwelcome sexual advances. Sexual harassment is usually not involved in normal, friendly workplace interactions as long as no reasonable person is offended. Whether or not certain other conduct constitutes sexual harassment may depend upon how the employee who is subjected to that conduct views it. The employee who initiates or persists in the conduct assumes the risk and the possible penalties, even if the conduct might not have been intended as offensive. Any employee who feels that he or she has been harassed or discriminated against at work by anyone, including management, coworkers, clients or visitors should immediately make it clear to the offender that he or she finds such behavior offensive. Employees are responsible to report any incident of harassment by any Jeffersonville personnel or any other person, promptly to your supervisor, manager, or any member of management and/or to the Jeffersonville Human Rasoumes Director, Kim Calabro, (812) 285-6405, who is responsible for investigating the matter. Management who receive complaints or who observe harassing conduct should take immediate action to stop such conduct and inform upper management. jeffersongAod~'~'~'p-~asi~s that you are not required to complain first to your supervisor if your supe?i~o~r is~ual who is haras77 Rob ~aiz, Ma~tr of Je '