2015 GNYADA Employee Handbook

PART 2

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/ SEXUAL HARASSMENT

GNYADA is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees. It is our policy that all employees and applicants for employment shall be treated in a manner free of discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion, gender sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, handicap, veteran’s status, military status or any basis prohibited by law. It is also our policy to not discriminate on the basis of perceived or actual domestic abuse.

If an employee has a complaint that he or she has been discriminated against in his/her employment with GNYADA, he or she should timely inform Mr. Mark Schienberg or Ms. Rose Macleod to resolve the complaint.

We strongly disapprove of all types of harassment.

It is our policy to provide a work environment that is free of discrimination and any type of harassment, including sexual harassment. Sexual harassment includes, but not limited to, verbal, physical and visual harassment. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, remarks or jokes of a sexual nature, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (ii) employment decisions concerning an individual are based on whether the person submitted to or rejected the harassing action; and/or (iii) when 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. Conduct such as the following would constitute sexual harassment: repeated, offensive sexual flirtations, advances or propositions; graphic verbal commentaries about an individual's body; sexually degrading words used to describe an individual; a display of sexually suggestive objects or pictures; or other sexually degrading actions or touching.

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