Sexual Harassment Policy

SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY

In order to provide a productive and pleasant working environment, it is important that we at [ABC, Inc.] endeavor to maintain a workplace characterized by mutual respect. Accordingly, sexual harassment in our workplace will not be tolerated.

Prohibited Activities

Sexual harassment has been defined as a form of sex discrimination, consisting of unwanted sexual advances. Examples of prohibited sexual harassment include:

• Supervisors or managers explicitly or implicitly suggesting sex in return for a hiring, compensation, promotion or retention decision.
• Verbal or written sexually suggestive or obscene comments, jokes, or propositions
• Unwanted physical contact, such as touching, grabbing, or pinching
• Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or magazines
• Continual expression of sexual or social interest after an indication that such interest is not desired
• Conduct with sexual implications when such conduct interferes with the employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating work environment
• Suggesting or implying that failure to accept a request for a date or sex would adversely affect the employee in respect to a performance evaluation or promotion

Harassment by Nonemployees

We will endeavor to protect employees, to the extent possible, from reported harassment by non-employees such as from customers, vendors and other parties who have workplace contact with our employees.

Complaint Procedure

An employee who feels that he or she has been harassed is strongly urged to immediately....