Complaint Procedure.
Notifying appropriate personnel of any harassment problem is
essential to the success of this policy. The Borough cannot resolve
a harassment problem if it does not know about it. Employees who feel
they have been subjected to harassment must report the harassment.
Any employee who feels he or she has been subject to harassment
should report the incident directly to the Administrator. Alternatively,
any employee who feels he or she has been subject to harassment should
report the incident directly to the Director of Finance. The Administrator
or Director of Finance will ask the employee to complete an Employee
Complaint Form. Employees, however, are not required to complete the
complaint form to initiate a harassment complaint under this policy.
The names and telephone numbers of the Administrator and Director
of Finance are contained in the Contact Information attached to this
policy.
Any individual uncomfortable reporting an incident to the Administrator
or Director of Finance should feel free to go to any upper management
representative with whom he or she feels most comfortable to relay
the problem. When any management representative learns of a violation
of this policy, the management representative must assist the complainant
in reporting the alleged incident(s) of harassment. Additionally,
the management representative must report the matter to the Administrator
or Director of Finance.
All Borough employees should notify the alleged harasser that
the behavior in question is thought to be offensive and unwelcome.
Failure to inform the alleged harasser that the behavior is unwelcome,
however, does not prevent the victim from filing a complaint pursuant
to this policy. The harassment or discrimination does not have to
occur on Borough property during regular work hours for an employee
to file a complaint under this policy. Moreover, harassment of any
employee in connection with the work by non-employees may also be
a violation of this policy.
The Borough strongly encourages employees who witness conduct
which they believe violates the Borough's Policy Prohibiting
Harassment to report the violation pursuant to this complaint procedure.
The Borough encourages the prompt reporting of complaints so
that rapid response and appropriate action may be taken. All complaints
should be reported as promptly as possible. Nevertheless, due to the
sensitive nature of these problems, all complaints will be investigated,
regardless of when they are filed.