The purpose of this policy is to:
A. Establish the policy for the Town of Williamson that
prohibits harassment of or by its employees in any form; and
B. Establish procedures by which allegations of harassment
may be filed, investigated and adjudicated.
As used in this policy, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
HARASSMENT
Can be but not limited to any behavior that includes slurs, threats,
derogatory comments, unwelcome jokes, etc.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Conduct directed at a particular person consisting of unwelcome words
or actions of a sexual nature, such as sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors and/or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when any
or all of the following conditions exist:
A.
Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a
condition of an individual's securing or maintaining employment;
B.
Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used
as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or
C.
Such conduct, provided that it is sufficiently severe or pervasive,
has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's
work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working
environment.
Complaints brought against employees for non-work-related conduct shall
not be investigated. If a complainant does not allege a job-related connection,
the investigation must be terminated.