It is the purpose of this policy to provide a procedure whereby
employees may resolve disputes or complaints concerning the terms
or conditions of their employment.
The Board of Trustees recognizes that every employee has the
right to be treated fairly in matters arising from employment in this
agency; that each employee should have the opportunity to be heard
fully any time his/her right to fair treatment has been violated;
and that a carefully designed grievance process can help to reduce
personal dissatisfaction, increase morale, identify problems in the
organization and increase the positive perception employees have of
their employment with this agency. Therefore, whenever an employee
believes that he/she has been treated unfairly with regard to the
terms and conditions of his/her employment, he/she may initiate proceedings
as specified in this policy in order to resolve those matters.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
All permanent, probationary or regular part-time employees.
Regular part-time employees are those who work 20 hours per week or
more on a continuous basis for at least six months.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
A.
Any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and
other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
(1)
Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly
a term or condition of a person's employment;
(2)
Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used
as a basis for employment decisions affecting that person;
(3)
Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering
with a person's work performance; or
(4)
Such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work
environment.
B.
A species of sex discrimination in which the discriminatory
acts are of a sex-based as opposed to any other invidious nature.
Because "sexual harassment" is a species of sex discrimination, the
primary inquiry to be made is whether the harasser treats members
of one sex differently from members of the other sex.