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promisedjobbenefitssuchasfavorablereviews,salaryincreases,promotions,increased
benefits,orcontinuedemployment;or(3)coercedsexualacts.
Dependingonthecircumstances,thefollowingconductmayalsoconstitutesexual
harassment:(1)useofsexualepithets,jokes,writtenororalreferencestosexualconduct,gossip
regardingone’ssexlife;
(2)sexuallyorientedcommentonanindividual’sbody,commentabout
anindividual’ssexualactivity,deficiencies,orprowess;(3)displayingsexuallysuggestive
objects,pictures,cartoons;(4)unwelcomeleering,whistling,deliberatebrushingagainstthe
bodyinasuggestivemanner;(5)sexualgesturesorsexuallysuggestive comments;(6)inquiries
intoone’ssexualexperiences;or
(7)discussionofone’ssexualactivities.
Whilesuchbehavior,dependingonthecircumstances,maynotbesevereorpervasive
enoughtocreateasexuallyhostileworkenvironment,itcannonethelessmakeco‐workers
uncomfortable.Accordingly,suchbehaviorisinappropriateandmayresultindisciplinary
actionregardlessofwhetheritis
unlawful.
Itisalsounlawfulandexpresslyagainst{ORGANIZATIONNAME}policytoretaliate
againstanemployeeforfilingacomplaintofsexualharassmentorforcooperatingwithan
investigationofacomplaintofsexualharassment.
ProhibitionofOtherTypesofDiscriminatoryHarassment:Itisalsoagainst
{ORGANIZATIONNAME}’spolicy
toengageinverbalorphysicalconductthatdenigratesor
showshostilityoraversiontowardanindividualbecauseofhisorherrace,color,gender,
religion,sexualorientation,age,nationalorigin,disability,orotherprotectedcategory(orthat
oftheindividual’srelatives,friends,orassociates)that:(1)hasthepurpose
oreffectofcreating
anintimidating,hostile,humiliating,oroffensiveworkingenvironment;(2)hasthepurposeor
effectofunreasonablyinterferingwithanindividual’sworkperformance;or(3)otherwise
adverselyaffectsanindividual’semploymentopportunities.
Dependingonthecircumstances,thefollowingconductmayconstitutediscriminatory
harassment:(1)epithets,slurs,negative
stereotyping,jokes,orthreatening,intimidating,or
hostileactsthatrelatetorace,color,gender,religion,sexualorientation,age,nationalorigin,or
disability;and(2)writtenorgraphicmaterialthatdenigratesorshowshostilitytowardan
individualorgroupbecauseofrace,color,gender,religion,sexualorientation,age,national
origin,ordisability
andthatiscirculatedintheworkplace,orplacedanywherein
{ORGANIZATIONNAME}’spremisessuchasonanemployee’sdeskorworkspaceoron
{ORGANIZATIONNAME}’sequipmentorbulletinboards.Otherconductmayalsoconstitute
discriminatoryharassmentifitfallswithinthedefinition ofdiscriminatoryharassmentsetforth
above.
It
isalsoagainst{ORGANIZATIONNAME}’spolicytoretaliateagainstanemployeefor
filingacomplaintofdiscriminatoryharassmentorforcooperatinginaninvestigationofa
complaintofdiscriminatoryharassment.