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whether it involves co-worker harassment, harassment by a supervisor or superior,
<br />or harassment by or to persons doing business with or for the City.
<br />Examples of sexual harassment depend on the facts and circumstances and can
<br />include, but are not limited to, the following:
<br />(1) Unwanted sexual advances or propositions that are verbal or in writing;
<br />(2) Offering employment benefits such as support for appointments, promotion,
<br />assignments, passage of probation, or good performance evaluations in
<br />exchange for sexual favors;
<br />(3) Making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances;
<br />(4) Implying or actually withholding support for appointments, promotion,
<br />assignments, passage of probation, or suggesting that a poor performance
<br />report will be prepared if requests for sexual favors are not met;
<br />(5) Visual conduct such as leering, making sexual gestures, or displaying sexually
<br />suggestive objects, pictures, cartoons, or posters;
<br />(6) Verbal conduct such as making or repeating derogatory comments, epithets,
<br />slurs, sexually explicit jokes, or comments about any employees body or
<br />dress;
<br />(7) Verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentary about an
<br />individuals body, sexually degrading words to describe an individual, or
<br />suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations;
<br />(8) Physical conduct such as touching, assault, or impeding or blocking
<br />movements; and
<br />(9) Retaliation for reporting or threatening to report sexual harassment or
<br />participating in an investigation.
<br />2. Discrimination: Discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin,
<br />ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation,
<br />medical condition, age, or any other protected basis is prohibited. Examples of what
<br />may be considered discrimination depend on the facts and circumstances, and may
<br />include, but are not limited to the following:
<br />(1) Hiring Practices. Refusing to hire an otherwise qualified candidate because
<br />of that person's race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or
<br />mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation or
<br />age.
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