Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Jeffersonville, Indiana (hereinafter Jeffersonville) is committed to providing a workplace free of sexual harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination (which includes harassment based on gender, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions) as well as harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion or discrimination based on such factors as race, color, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, family care leave status, veteran status, or genetic information. Jeffersonville strongly disapproves of and will not tolerate harassment of employees by management, coworkers, consultants, contractors, suppliers or citizens. Similarly, Jeffersonville will not tolerate harassment by its employees or non-employees or citizens with whom Jeffersonville serves.

Harassment includes verbal, physical, and visual conduct that creates an intimidating, offensive or hostile working environment or that interferes with work performance. Such conduct constitutes harassment when (1) submission to the conduct is made either an explicit or implicit condition of employment; (2) submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as the basis for an employment decision; or (3) the harassment interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.

Sexually harassing conduct in particular includes all of these prohibited actions as well as other unwelcome conduct such as requests for sexual favors, conversation containing sexual comments and unwelcome sexual advances.

Sexual harassment is usually not involved in normal, friendly workplace interactions as long as no reasonable person is offended. Whether or not certain other conduct constitutes sexual harassment may depend upon how the employee who is subjected to that conduct views it. The employee who initiates or persists in the conduct assumes the risk and the possible penalties, even if the conduct might not have been intended as offensive.

Any employee who feels that he or she has been harassed or discriminated against at work by anyone, including management, coworkers, clients or visitors should immediately make it clear to the offender that he or she finds such behavior offensive.

Employees are responsible to report any incident of harassment by any Jeffersonville personnel or any other person, promptly to your supervisor, manager, or any member of management and/or to the Jeffersonville Human Resources Director, Kim Calabro, (812) 285-6405, who is responsible for investigating the matter. Management who receive complaints or who observe harassing conduct should take immediate action to stop such conduct and inform upper management. Jeffersonville emphasizes that you are not required to file a complaint first with your supervisor if your supervisor is the individual who is harassing you and you fear possible retaliation.


Tom Galligan, Mayor of Jeffersonville
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