No Harassment or Sexual Harassment. (a) It is the Employer’s responsibility to maintain an environment in which employees remain free from harassment as it is defined within this Collective Agreement, including intimidation, reprisals and any threats, explicit or implied, which are designed to or might reasonably be understood to dissuade an employee from exercising their rights under this Article 6. (b) The parties agree to a definition of workplace harassment, including racial harassment, as follows: (i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (ii) workplace sexual harassment. Workplace harassment also includes a reprisal or a threat of reprisal for lodging a grievance alleging a violation of Article 6.01 where the reprisal or threat is made by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee. The parties recognize that a single incident, and/or conduct online, may constitute workplace harassment. (c) The parties agree to a definition of workplace sexual harassment, as follows: (i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (ii) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome. Workplace sexual harassment also includes a reprisal or threat of reprisal by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee for rejecting a sexual solicitation or advance or for lodging a complaint under the University’s Policy or the terms of this Collective Agreement alleging workplace sexual harassment. (d) The parties recognize that a single incident, and/or conduct online, may constitute workplace sexual harassment. In this context, sexual harassment includes but is not limited to: i. sexual assault; ii. any reward or promise of reward, whether explicit or implicit, for complying with a sexual solicitation or advance;
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No Harassment or Sexual Harassment. (a) It is the Employer’s responsibility to maintain an environment in which employees remain free from harassment as it is defined within this Collective Agreement, including intimidation, reprisals and any threats, explicit or implied, which are designed to or might reasonably be understood to dissuade an employee from exercising his/her their rights under this Article 6.
(b) The parties agree to a definition of workplace harassment, including racial harassment, as follows:
(i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(ii) workplace sexual harassment. Workplace harassment also includes a reprisal or a threat of reprisal for lodging a grievance alleging a violation of Article 6.01 where the reprisal or threat is made by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee. The parties recognize that a single incident may constitute workplace harassment. Workplace harassment also includes a reprisal or a threat of reprisal for lodging a grievance alleging a violation of Article 6.01 where the reprisal or threat is made by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee. The parties recognize that a single incident, and/or conduct online, may constitute workplace harassment.
(c) The parties agree to a definition of workplace sexual harassment, as follows:
(i) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or
(ii) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome. Workplace sexual harassment also includes a reprisal or threat of reprisal by a person in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the employee for rejecting a sexual solicitation or advance or for lodging a complaint under the University’s Policy or the terms of this Collective Agreement alleging workplace sexual harassment.
(d) The parties recognize that a single incident, and/or conduct online, may constitute workplace sexual harassment. In this context, sexual harassment includes but is not limited to:
i. sexual assault;
ii. any reward or promise of reward, whether explicit or implicit, for complying with a sexual solicitation or advance;
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Samples: Collective Agreement