Sexual harassment may be described as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other physical, visual, or verbal behavior of a sexual nature where:

1. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment;

2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the individual; or,

3. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's professional performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning employment environment.

Other forms of Sexual harassment are any unwanted or uninvited behavior of a sexual nature, which makes a person feel humiliated, intimidated or offended. Sexual harassment can take many different forms and may include physical contact, verbal comments

3. Within 10 business days of receiving the complaint, the complaint officer shall issue a written report on the case to the complainant and respondent:

The review board is comprised of three members:one is appointed by the complainant, one by the respondent, and the third person to serve as chairperson is appointed by the complaint officer. The board members shall be WIDGET employees. The board is empowered to convene appropriate hearings and to keep its own records in a format determined for each respective case. The board's procedures may include by example but are not limited to such approaches as open or closed hearings, individual interviews, and the examination of written documentation. However, the board is not bound by rules of judicial or administrative hearing procedures or by formal rules of evidence.

A review board may be established as provided in this procedure. The board's function is to review referrals from the complaint officer and also any appeals of the decisions of the complaint officer as provided for in this procedure.

1. A formal, written complaint, utilizing WIDGET's standard form, shall be submitted to the Human Resource Officer (complaint officer). The purpose of the complaint form is to assist the complainant in formulating a concise statement of his/her concern and to assist the complaint officer to see the basic facts of the allegation, along with the complainant's requested remedy. The complaint must be filed no later than six months from the date on which the subject conduct allegedly occurred.

In appearances before the board, the complainant and the respondent may each be accompanied by an adviser of their own choosing, but any adviser so designated who is an attorney-at-law will not be considered to be appearing as counsel.

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