I.A.T.S.E. Anti-Discrimination and Harassment-Free Workplace Policy

The I.A.T.S.E. is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of any legally protected status. Accordingly, the I.A.T.S.E. will not tolerate any form of unlawful harassment by or against any of its officers, staff, members or employees represented by the I.A.T.S.E. This anti-discrimination/anti-harassment policy applies to all officers, staff and members of the I.A.T.S.E. and employees represented by the I.A.T.S.E., WHERE THE I.A.T.S.E. IS THE BARGAINING AGENT.

The conduct prohibited by this policy includes all unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical or visual, that is based upon a person’s protected status under law, such as sex, race, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or other protected group status. Examples include racial jokes, epithets or slurs or offensive graphic or written material.

Sexual harassment is a problem that deserves special mention. Sexual harassment is a form of employment discrimination which is illegal under federal, state and local laws. Such harassment is defined as unwelcome or unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal, non-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 an individual’s employment; (2) submission to, or rejection of, such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) 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 includes gender-based harassment of a person of the same sex as the harasser and may include the following behavior: verbal conduct such as epithets, derogatory jokes or comments, slurs or unwanted sexual advances, invitations or comments, visual conduct such as derogatory and/or sexually-oriented posters, photography, cartoons, drawings or gestures; or physical conduct such as assault, unwanted touching, blocking normal movement or interfering with work.

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