Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment A. MSPA respects each of its employees, and will not tolerate any form of sexual harassment in the workplace. Accordingly, MSPA will not permit conduct or language that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment for other employees. This includes, for example, repeated offensive or unwelcome sexual flirtations, advances, propositions, continual or repeated verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic commentaries about an individual’s body; sexually degrading words used to describe an individual; and the display in the workplace of sexually suggestive objects or pictures. B. Sexual harassment does not refer to occasional compliments of a socially acceptable nature. It refers to behavior which is not welcome, which is personally offensive, and which therefore interferes with work effectiveness. C. MSPA employees are employed and advanced on the basis of their performance and qualifications, not on their gender or reaction to romantic or sexual advances. D. Any employee who violates this policy will be subject to appropriate discipline, up to and including discharge. Any employee who believes he or she is being subjected to sexual harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct should contact his or her supervisor or the HRO. If the complaint is against the employee’s immediate supervisor, then the employee should request a meeting with the supervisor’s next higher authority. No employee will be retaliated against for bringing sexual harassment to the attention of management.