Sexual Harassment

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #999980;" BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Roscommon Township</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B><B>|</B><B>     </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roscommon Township">home</A>     <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ambulance">Ambulance</A>    <A HREF="houghton_lake_employee_handb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Employee Handbook">Employee Handbook</A> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 style=" border-top: 5px solid #66FFFF;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Sexual Harassment</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>HOUGHTON LAKE AMBULANCE AUTHORITY</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OTHER UNWANTED CONDUCT</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>I.       PURPOSE</B></div> <bR> <div> Prevent sexual harassment and other unwanted conduct in the working environment.</div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>II.      APPLICATION</B></div> <div>      </div> <div> Noncompliance with this guideline constitutes a violation of employment duty only and shall form the basis for the employer's disciplinary action within the Authority.  This guideline shall not be construed as to create a higher legal standard of care for the imposition of civil liability against an employee or HL Ambulance Authority.</div> <bR> <div> <B>III.     GENERAL POLICY</B></div> <bR> <div> It shall be the policy of this Authority that all personnel have the right to expect a working environment free of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, communication of a sexual nature and other unwanted verbal or physical conduct.</div> <bR> <div> The following are examples of sexual harassment and unwanted conduct:</div> <bR> <div> Conduct or communication is made that expresses/implies that compliance is a condition of employment.</div> <bR> <div> Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis of or factor in decisions affecting the employment of personnel.</div> <bR> <div> Such conduct or communication has the purpose or effect of interfering with an employee's duties or work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.</div> <bR> <div> <B>IV.     PROCEDURE</B></div> <bR> <div> An employee who believes they have been subjected to sexual harassment or unwanted conduct shall report the incident, in writing, no later than 10 days after the alleged occurrence to management/designee.</div> <div> A written complaint of sexual harassment or unwanted conduct shall be promptly investigated by management/designee; provided, however, that this person is not the subject of or included in the immediate/pending sexual harassment or unwanted conduct complaint.  All matters shall be handled with concern for the principles of due process and fairness.  In order to protect both the person(s) making the complaint and the person(s) against whom the complaint is made, every effort shall be made to handle complaints in a confidential manner.</div> <bR> <div> A meeting shall be held between the person(s) making the complaint, management/designee and a Houghton Lake Ambulance Authority Board Member no later than 10 days following the report of the alleged occurrence(s).  Following this meeting, the employee(s) against whom the complaint was made shall be given the opportunity to respond to the allegations.  The investigation conducted may include interviews with potential witnesses to the alleged occurrence(s).  Following the completion of the investigation, appropriate action shall be taken.</div> <bR> <div> Retaliatory action of any kind taken against any employee(s) as a result of said employee(s) having sought redress under this guideline is strictly prohibited and may be regarded as a separate violation of HL Ambulance Authority's guidelines.</div> <bR> <div> Any questions, concerns or inquires regarding conduct that is prohibited by this guideline shall be directed to management/designee.</div> <bR> <div> <B>VII.     NON-COMPLIANCE</B></div> <bR> <div> Failure to comply with the provisions of this guideline shall result in disciplinary action.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>REPORT OF A VIOLATION OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OTHER UNWANTED CONDUCT GUIDELINE</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>INSTRUCTIONS:</B></div> <bR> <div> To make an allegation of sexual harassment or other unwanted conduct, fill out this form and give it to management/designee.  If the complaint involves management/designee then return this form to a member of the Houghton Lake Ambulance Authority Board.  Personnel have no more than 10 days after the alleged incident occurred to turn in this completed form.</div> <bR> <div> Name:  _______________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Job Title:  ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Person(s) who allegedly harassed you and the date that the alleged harassment took place:</div> <bR> <div>                          NAME                                                                       DATE</div> <bR> <div> ______________________________     ______________________________</div> <bR> <div> ______________________________     ______________________________</div> <bR> <div> ______________________________     ______________________________</div> <bR> <div> Employee complaint:  (Reason(s) for claim.  State the facts, giving full particulars of the incident(s) as to the time, date, place, names, witnesses and exactly what took place.  You may attach additional sheets or write on the back of this form.)  </div> <div> ________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> ________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> ________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> ___________________          __________________________________________</div> <div>                 Date:                                           Signature of Reporting Employee</div> <bR> <div>           </div> <div>  __________________          __________________________________________</div> <div>        Date Received:                                                 Signature </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Approved September 18, 2007</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>