A. 
For purposes of this Part, the term "employee" shall include any class of employee defined in this chapter and any federal, state, or private employee who works in the same office or in close proximity to a County employee on a regular basis.
B. 
For the purpose of this Part, the term "sexual harassment" means the unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature by a County employee when:
(1) 
Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment;
(2) 
Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment decisions; or
(3) 
Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an employee's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
C. 
Sexual harassment refers to behavior that is unwelcome, that is personally offensive, and that lowers morale and therefore interferes with work effectiveness. Sexual harassment may take different forms.
D. 
Examples of sexual harassment include but are not limited to:
(1) 
Verbal: sexual innuendoes, suggestive comments, jokes of a sexual nature, sexual propositions, threats.
(2) 
Nonverbal: sexually suggestive objects or pictures, graphic commentaries, suggestive or insulting sounds, leering, whistling, obscene gestures, treating an employee differently than other employees when he or she has refused an offer of sexual relations.
(3) 
Physical: Unwanted physical contact, including touching, pinching, brushing the body, coerced sexual intercourse, assault.
The purpose of this policy is to provide a work environment free from all forms of sexual harassment.
A. 
Federal and state law prohibits sexual harassment. It is the policy of the Board of County Commissioners to regard sexual harassment of its employees as a very serious matter and to have zero tolerance for sexually harassing behavior, defined above, in the workplace by any employee.
B. 
It is the policy of the Board of County Commissioners to encourage employees who feel they have been subjected to sexual harassment to bring these problems immediately to the direct attention of management. There is no need for any employee to file a complaint with an outside third party to receive fair treatment.