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WIT Employee HandbookAppendix AAPPENDICESAPPENDIX A: ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ANDUNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACEThis appendix establishes Wentworth’s policy regarding sexual harassment andunlawful discrimination in the workplace by faculty, officers, supervisors, employees,vendors, direct clientele, students and contractors. It also includes examples ofconduct that may constitute sexual harassment and sets forth a complaint procedureto be followed by persons who believe that they are victims of such harassment, orthat they are subject to unlawful discrimination in the workplace.1. INSTITUTE POLICYWentworth fully supports the right of all persons to hold employment withoutsuffering sexual harassment or unlawful discrimination of any kind. It is the policy ofWentworth to maintain a work environment that is free of sexual harassment andunlawful discriminatory actions based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation,religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected status.Unlawful employment discrimination and sexual harassment by faculty, officers,supervisors, employees, vendors, direct clientele, students and contractors will notbe tolerated.2. SEXUAL HARASSMENTa. Legal DefinitionSexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that is illegal under both federaland Massachusetts state laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 andG.L.c.151B & 18. These laws provide that unwelcome sexual advances, requests forsexual favors, and other physical or verbal conduct of a sexual nature constitutesexual harassment when:• Submission to or rejection of such advances, requests or conduct is madeeither explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employmentdecisions affecting the individual.• Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with anindividual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, humiliatingor sexually offensive work environment.b. Examples Of Conduct That Can Constitute Unlawful Sexual HarassmentSexual harassment does not refer to behavior of a socially acceptable nature, suchas an occasional complimentary remark. Sexual harassment occurs in a variety ofMarch 200984
WIT Employee HandbookAppendix Asituations which share a common element: the unwelcome and inappropriateintroduction of sexual activities or comments into the work environment.Sexual harassment often involves relationships of unequal power. Such situationsmay contain elements of coercion, such as when compliance with requests forsexual favors becomes criterion for granting privileges or favorable treatment onthen job. However, sexual harassment may also involve relationships amongpersons of equal authority or power, such as when repeated advances ordemeaning verbal comments by a co-worker towards another co-worker have aharmful effect on a person’s ability to perform his or her work. Sexual harassmentcan also involve employee behavior directed at non-employees or non-employeebehavior directed at employees.Depending upon the circumstances, examples of sexual harassment could includesuch conduct as the following.• Repeated offensive sexual flirtations, advances or propositions which areoffensive• Verbal abuse or innuendo of a sexual nature which is continued or repeated• Physical contact such as touching, hugging, patting or pinching which isuninvited and unwanted by the other person• Verbal comments of a sexual nature about an individual’s body or sexualterms used to describe an individual• An open, offensive display of sexually suggestive objects or pictures• Jokes or remarks of a sexual nature• Unwanted prolonged and apparent staring or leering at a person• Obscene gestures or suggestive or insulting sounds made towards peoplewho find them offensive• The demand for sexual favors accompanied by an implied or overt threat• Inappropriate remarks about an individual’s employment status or promises ofpreferential treatment• Indecent exposure• Romantic involvement between supervisors and subordinates that is known toothers in the workplace and which impacts the workplace in areas such asassignments, advancement and benefitsc. Dispelling Common Myths About Harassers and VictimsSexual harassment is not limited to prohibited behavior by a male employee towarda female employee or by a supervisory employee toward a non-supervisoryemployee. Depending upon the circumstances, sexual harassment can be found inany of the following types of situations.• A man as well as a woman may be the victim of sexual harassment, and awoman as well as a man may be the harasser.March 200985
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