Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is defined by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual naturewhen, for example:submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. Sexual harassment can be physical and psychological in nature. An aggregation of incidents can constitute sexual harassment even if one of the incidents considered on its own would not be harassing.

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but some examples include:Unwanted sexual physical behavior such as:Molestation Inappropriate touching Pinching Patting Poking Grabbing Intentional, sexually brushing against another employee’s body Rape Sexual battery Any attempt or threat to commit any of the above Unwanted sexual advances such as:Propositions Jokes Noises Gestures Comments Offering preferential treatment, compensation, or reward in exchange for sexual favors. Threatening an employee’s standing at Trainual in the company if they do not submit to sexual advances. Sending or displaying sexually explicit material.

ANYONE can be the victim of sexual harassment regardless of their gender and the gender of their harasser. We acknowledge sexual harassment as any sexual conduct that is unwanted by the person against whom the conduct is directed and we are committed to protecting ALL employees from such harassment.

Sexual harassment policy: Sexual harassment policy.docx