1. HarassmentHiring/Onboarding Employees Training for VCSUin ComplianceMeetings with Supervisors

2. Overview1. In the News2. What is Harassment?3. Types of Harassment4. Common Excuses5. How do we Define Harassment?6. Preventing Harassment7. Conclusion 3. In the News Can you think of an example? Penn State NYU Roosevelt University (Chicago) Many cases are undisclosed Reported Researched Handled 4. What is Harassment? Harassment is unwelcome conduct Harassment is a form of employmentdiscrimination that violates law1. Employment is conditional2. Work environment is intimidating, hostile, or offensive to reasonable people 5. Harassment Includes(but is not limited to): Offensive jokes Slurs Epithets or name Intimidation calling Ridicule or mockery Physical assaults or Insults or put-downs threats Offensive objects or Interference with work pictures performanceEEOC: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/harassment.cfm 6. Excuses for Harassment They need to learn to stand-up for themselves. Eye for an eye hit them back. Whatever doesnt end you makes you stronger. Oh, I was just teasing. Take a joke. Thats just Oswald being Oswald orHe/She is just like that. No one has ever said that it offended them before. 7. How do we Define? Policy V603.1.1 Sexual Harassment Policy V603.1.2 Hostile WorkEnvironment Policy V603.1.3 Workplace ViolencePolicy Policy V603.2 VCSU Equal Employment Opportunity Plan 8. Preventing Harassment Prevention Know your audience Tell people when actions or language isunwelcome Use appropriate channels for reporting 9. Questions??