Harassment and Discrimination
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The District is committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities and to providing a professional work environment free of all forms of illegal discrimination, including harassment. The District shall not tolerate harassment based on any personal characteristic described in the Equal Opportunity section of this Handbook. Harassment and other unacceptable activities that could alter conditions of employment, or form a basis for personnel decisions, or interfere with an employee’s work performance are specifically prohibited. Sexual harassment, whether committed by supervisory or non-supervisory personnel, is unlawful and also specifically prohibited. In addition, the District shall not tolerate acts of non-employees (volunteers, vendors, visitors, etc.) that have the effect of harassing WRPS employees in the workplace. Harassment can occur as a result of a single incident or a pattern of behavior where the purpose or effect of such behavior is to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. Harassment encompasses a broad range of physical and verbal behavior that can include, but is not limited to unwelcome sexual advances, physical or verbal abuse, inappropriate jokes, insults or slurs, taunting based on personal characteristics, or requests for sexual favors used as a condition of employment. For additional information, see Board Policy Rule 511 – Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity and Board Policy 511.5 – Employee Anti-Harassment.
Rev: 2-13-2017
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