Common use of Workplace Harassment Policy Clause in Contracts

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or poster; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, colorcolour, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or poster; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they she or he has been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.”

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or poster; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they she or he has been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, colorcolour, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome mention and consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or posterposters; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they she or he has been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.”

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, colorcolour, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome mention and consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or posterposters; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they she or he has been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.

Workplace Harassment Policy. The Employer is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, colorcolour, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or of effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or poster; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they she or he has been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidential. This harassment policy is to be prominently displayed in the workplace. If an investigation confirms that harassment has occurred, the Employer will take corrective action in consultation with the Union. This policy does not prevent any employee from proceeding to the B.C. Human Rights Commission.

Workplace Harassment Policy. At PWU, an employee who is subject to harassment in the workplace has the right to leave the workplace with pay. The Employer is committed employee will return to maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination. In keeping on the next working day after leaving the workplace to meet with this commitment, the Employer will not tolerate harassment of employees by anyone, including any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or customer of the Employer. It is understood and agreed, that the exercising of normal management rights shall not be considered as harassment. Harassment consists of unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is based on a person’s protected status, such as sex, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, physical disability or mental handicap, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected group status. The Company will not tolerate harassing conduct that affects tangible job benefits, that interferes unreasonably with an individual’s work performance, or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment deserves special mention. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other physical, verbal, or visual conduct based on sex constitute sexual harassment when, (1) submission to the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment, (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision, or (3) the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment may include unwanted sexual advances, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances; visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons, or poster; verbal conduct: sexual innuendoes, sexually oriented “kidding or teasing”, “practical jokes” about gender specific traits, making or using derogatory or suggestive comments, epithets, or slurs, verbal sexual advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual’s body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations; physical conduct: touching, patting, pinching, brushing against another’s body, assault, impeding or blocking movements. A person who considers that they been subjected to workplace harassment is encouraged to bring the matter to the attention of the person responsible for the conduct. A direct approach to the person who has caused the offense is suggested as the first step. Frequently, people are unaware that their conduct is offensive and all that is needed to prevent its repetition is a simple statement that the conduct is unwelcome. However, that is merely a suggestion. Where the complainant does not wish to bring the matter directly to the attention of the person responsible, or where such an approach is attempted and does not produce a satisfactory result, the complainant should immediately notify your Shop Xxxxxxx and/or your Employer and/or your Union Representative. The Union and Employer’s policy is to investigate all such complaints thoroughly and promptly. To the fullest extent practicable, the Union and the Employer will keep complaints and the terms of their resolution confidentialrepresentative. This policy exists to underline the seriousness of workplace harassment, to establish that there is no acceptable level of harassment policy is and to be prominently displayed empower the individual employee in the workplace. If Harassment is defined in the Human Rights Code as “a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known, or ought reasonably to be known, to be unwelcome, such as words or actions that insult or humiliate a person in relation to one of the prohibited grounds.” At PWU the prohibited grounds include any action which undermines a person’s dignity and worth. Sexual Harassment includes, but is not limited to: • unwelcome and/or inappropriate or insulting remarks, jokes, innuendoes or taunting about a person’s body, attire, sex or sexual orientation; • practical jokes of a sexual nature which cause awkwardness or embarrassment; • displaying of pin-ups, pornographic pictures or other offensive material on the Employer’s property; • leering (suggestive staring) or other gestures; • unnecessary or unwanted physical contact such as touching, patting or pinching; • physical assault; • sexual assault; • requesting sexual favours from an investigation confirms employee implying or suggesting that employment status could be affected; • refusing to work/share facilities with an employee because of his/her sexual orientation. Racial and other forms of harassment has occurredinclude, but are not limited to: • unwelcome and/or inappropriate or insulting remarks, jokes, innuendoes or taunting of a person’s disability, racial or ethnic background, colour, place of birth, citizenship or ancestry; • the Employer will take corrective action in consultation displaying of racist, derogatory, or offensive pictures or material; • refusing to work with an employee because of his/her disability or racial, religious or ethnic background; • unwelcome, inappropriate or insulting gestures or practical jokes based on disability, religion or racial or ethnic grounds which cause embarrassment or awkwardness; Conduct that does not interfere with a climate of understanding and respect for the Uniondignity and worth of PWU employees. This policy does is not prevent any employee from proceeding meant to the B.C. Human Rights Commissioninhibit free speech or interfere with normal social relations that are part of life in this organization.