{"id":788,"date":"2021-03-03T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseblazek.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2021-03-03T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:00:38","slug":"harassment-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phplboard.org\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"Harassment Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>SEXUAL HARASSMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Employees, guests, or patrons of the Palos Heights Public Library are prohibited from sexually\nharassing other employees, guests, or patrons.<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Definition:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sexual harassment means any:<\/p>\n<ul><li>unwelcome sexual advance, or<\/li>\n<li>request for sexual favors, or<\/li>\n<li>any conduct of a sexual nature when:\n<ol type=\"a\"><li>submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or\ncondition of an individual&#8217;s employment, or<\/li>\n<li>submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for\nemployment decisions affecting such individual, or<\/li>\n<li>such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an\nindividual&#8217;s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working\nenvironment.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sexual harassment prohibited by this policy includes verbal or physical conduct. The terms\nintimidating, hostile, or offensive as used above include conduct which has the effect of\nhumiliation, embarrassment, or discomfort.<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Reporting Procedures:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the express policy of the Palos Heights Public Library to encourage victims of sexual\nharassment to come forward with such claims. In order to conduct an immediate investigation,\nany incident of sexual harassment must be reported as quickly as possible, in confidence, as\nfollows:<\/p>\n<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Employees<\/span><br>\nEmployees are encouraged to report any incidents of sexual harassment to their\ndirect supervisor. If the person to whom an employee is directed to report is the\noffending person, the report should be made to the next higher level of\nadministration or supervision.<\/li><br>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Members of the Public<\/span><br>\nMembers of the public are encouraged to report any incidents of sexual harassment\nto the library director, or, in the alternative, to the Library&#8217;s Board of Trustees.<\/li><br>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Confidentiality<\/span><br>\nEvery effort will be made to promptly investigate any allegation of sexual\nharassment in as confidential a manner as possible.<\/li><\/ul>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Discipline:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any employee who is determined, after an investigation, to have engaged in sexual harassment in\nviolation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including discharge. Any\nmember of the public who is determined, after an investigation, to have engaged in sexual\nharassment in violation of this policy will be excluded from the library.<\/li>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">False accusations regarding sexual harassment will not be tolerated, and any person making a\nknowingly false accusation will likewise be subject to disciplinary action up to and including\ndischarge, with regard to employees, or exclusion from the library, with regard to members of the\npublic.<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Palos Heights Public Library will discipline any individual who retaliates against any person\nwho reports alleged sexual harassment or who retaliates against any person who testifies, assists,\nor participates in an investigation, a proceeding or a hearing relating to a sexual harassment\ncomplaint. Retaliation includes, but is not limited to, any form of intimidation, reprisal or\nharassment.<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Appeals:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All decisions may be appealed by any party. Decisions of supervisors may be appealed to the\nrespective department head; decisions of the department head may be appealed to the library\ndirector; decisions of the library director may be appealed to the Board of Trustees. If the library\ndirector is the subject of the complaint, the appeal may be referred to the President of the Board of\nTrustees for consideration by the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, employees have the legal recourse, investigative and complaint process available through\nthe state and federal government. Employees may contact the state or federal government as\nfollows:<\/p>\n<br>\n<p>Illinois Department of Human Rights<br>\n100 West Randolph Street<br>\nSuite 10-100<br>\nChicago, IL 6060<br>1\n(312) 814-6200<br>\n<br>\nor<br>\n<br>\n222 South College<br>\nFloor 1<br>\nSpringfield, IL 62704<br>\n(217) 785-5100<br>\n<br>\nIllinois Human Rights Commission<br>\n100 West Randolph<br>\nSuite 5-100<br>\nChicago, IL 60601<br>\n(312) 814-6269<br>\n<br>\nor<br>\n<br>\nStratton Office Building<br>\nSuite 404<br>\nSpringfield, IL 62706<br>\n(217) 785-4350<br>\n<br>\nFederal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<br>\n536 South Clark Street<br>\n9th Floor<br>\nChicago, IL 60605<br>\n(312) 353-2713<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Legal Recourse, Investigative and Complaint Process available through the department and\nthe Commission is as follows:<br>\n(sample provision:)<\/p>\n<ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A complaint must be filed within 180 days of the date you claim the harassment took place.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You are protected in your right to make a claim or cooperate with an investigation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Human Rights is responsible for making an investigation and should either\ndismiss the charge or file a complaint with the Illinois Human Rights Commission.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the Department of Human Rights neither dismisses the claim or files a complaint with the Illinois\nHuman Rights Commission within 300 days of filing, you may seek a public hearing from the\nHuman Rights Commission. You must do so within 30 days after the 300th day expires.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A charge filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights is also filed with the Federal Equal\nEmployment Opportunity Commission.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complaints filed with the Illinois Human Rights Commission are assigned to an Administrative\nLaw Judge.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge will recommend a finding to a three-member\npanel of the Human Rights Commission.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Human Rights Commission may order the respondent to cease and desist, pay damages, hire,\nreinstate, promote, pay back-pay, pay fringe benefits, and pay Attorney&#8217;s fees and costs in order\nto remedy a finding in favor of the complainant.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Human Rights Commission&#8217;s order may be appealed by either party to the Illinois Appellate\nCourt within 35 days of the order.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Orders of the Human Rights Commission are enforceable in Illinois courts.<\/li><\/ul>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Protection Against Retaliation as Provided by Section 6-101 of This Act Is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is unlawful to retaliate in any way against anyone who has complained\nabout sexual harassment or discrimination.<\/p>\n<br>\n<br>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 600; text-align: right;\">Adopted: September 28, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEXUAL HARASSMENT Employees, guests, or patrons of the Palos Heights Public Library are prohibited from sexually harassing other employees, guests, or patrons. 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