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5.7 Sexual Harassment<br />

The Lorain County Health Department is committed to providing a work place free<br />

from sexual harassment, and strictly prohibits this conduct in the work place by all agency<br />

<strong>employee</strong>s. It shall be unlawful and inappropriate and a violation of this policy for any<br />

<strong>employee</strong>, male or female, to sexually harass any other <strong>employee</strong>.<br />

Any <strong>employee</strong> who believes that he or she has been sexually harassed by another<br />

<strong>employee</strong>, a member of the public, contractor, client, patient, or service provider shall<br />

immediately report any incident of that nature to his or her immediate supervisor or to the<br />

Health Commissioner. There shall be no reprisals against any <strong>employee</strong> who makes such<br />

report.<br />

An investigation of all complaints of sexual harassment shall be conducted by the<br />

Health Commissioner or other persons the Health Commissioner assigned to such task.<br />

Every effort shall be made to keep the complaint and the investigation confidential, except<br />

as may be reasonably necessary to conduct the investigation. It shall be unlawful,<br />

inappropriate and a violation of this policy for any <strong>employee</strong> who is the subject of a sexual<br />

harassment investigation to take retaliatory action so as to affect the work environment of<br />

the complainant or any person involved in the investigation.<br />

Substantial incidents of sexual harassment shall be grounds for disciplinary action,<br />

up to and including termination. Further, if allegations of sexual harassment are found to<br />

be credible, corrective action shall be taken to prevent reoccurrence of such conduct within<br />

the workplace.<br />

Sexual harassment shall not be countenanced by supervisory or management staff.<br />

Each supervisor in the agency shall promptly report any incident of sexual harassment that<br />

comes to his or attention to the Health Commissioner. Failure of a supervisor to report<br />

sexual harassment or failure to cooperate in remedying or investigating such conduct shall<br />

be grounds for disciplinary action, up to an including termination.<br />

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this policy for any <strong>employee</strong> to knowingly and<br />

intentionally make a false report or accusation of sexual harassment. Such conduct shall<br />

be grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including termination.<br />

(Adopted 10-14-98)<br />

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