HARASSMENT POLICY

DEFINITIONS

In general, harassment means persistent and unwelcome conduct or actions on any of the bases listed above. Sexual harassment is one type of harassment and includes unwelcome sexual advances, unwelcome physical contact of a sexual nature, or unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

Unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature includes, but is not limited to
 

• The repeated and unwelcome making of unsolicited, inappropriate gestures or comments;

• The display of offensive sexually graphic materials not necessary for our work;

• Harassment on any basis (race, sex, age, disability, etc.) exists whenever

• Submission to harassing conduct is made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individual's employment,

• Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision affecting an individual.

• The conduct interferes with a worker's work or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.

RECOGNIZING HARASSMENT

Harassment may be subtle or overt. It does not include occasional compliments of a socially acceptable nature. It does include behavior that is not welcome and is commonly perceived to be offensive. All forms of gender harassment are covered. Men can be sexually harassed; men can harass men; Women can harass other women. Offenders can be managers, supervisors, co-workers, and non-employees such as clients or vendors. Harassment need not involve explicit references to its target’s protected status, i.e. sexual harassment need not be overly sexual in content, if it is motivated by its target’s protected status.

SOME EXAMPLES

Verbal: Jokes, insults and innuendoes (based on race, sex, age, disability, etc.), degrading sexual remarks, referring to someone as a stud, hunk or babe, whistling, cat calls, comments on a person’s body or sex life, or pressures for sexual favors.

Non-Verbal: Gestures, staring, touching, hugging, patting, blocking a person's movement, standing too close, brushing against a person's body, or display of sexually suggestive or degrading pictures, racist, or other derogatory cartoons or drawings.

REPORTING PROCEDURE

Any worker who believes she/he/they is being harassed, or any worker, who becomes aware of harassment, should promptly notify Donna Peckett, Danielle Dresden or any member of the TNW Ensemble Theater Board.

Upon notification of a harassment report, a confidential and impartial investigation may be promptly commenced. It may include direct interviews with involved parties, and, where necessary, with workers or others who may be witnesses or have knowledge of matters relating to the report. The parties to the complaint, i.e., the reporting person, the alleged victims and the alleged perpetrators, will be notified of the findings and their options, if any.