Harassment Will Not Be Tolerated.
Echo360 is committed to providing a workplace that is free of verbal, physical and visual forms of harassment so that everyone can work in a productive, respectful and professional environment. Harassment in employment based on sex, race, national origin, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law is strictly prohibited. Echo360 does not tolerate harassment, based upon any protected status, by anyone in the workplace — supervisors, co-workers, or non-employees. Employees who violate this policy are subject to discipline, up to and including possible termination.
Examples of harassment based on race, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age or disability can include, but are not limited to:
• Cartoons or other visual displays of objects, pictures or posters that depict such protected groups in a derogatory way;
• Verbal conduct, including making or using derogatory comments, epithets, slurs and jokes towards such groups or individuals based on the identified characteristics.
Sexual harassment is generally defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other visual, verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
• Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment;
• Submission to or rejection of such conduct affects employment opportunities; or
• The conduct interferes with an employee’s work or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Sexual harassment includes harassment based on another person’s gender or harassment based upon pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. It also includes harassment of another employee of the same gender as the harasser.
Examples of sexual harassment include, but are not limited to, the following types of behavior:
• Unwelcome sexual advances, like requests for dates or propositions for sexual favors;
• Excessive, one-sided, romantic attention in the form of requests for dates, love letters, calls, emails or gifts;
• Offering or conditioning an employment benefit, like a raise, a promotion or a special job assignment, in exchange for sexual favors;
• Making or threatening reprisals, or changing performance expectations after an employee has turned down a sexual advance;
• Visual or physical conduct, like leering, making sexual gestures, or displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, cartoons, calendars or posters in the workplace;
• Verbal conduct, like making or using derogatory comments, epithets, slurs, teasing and jokes of a sexual nature;
• Verbal or written comments (including emails or electronic messages) about an individual’s sex life or body;
• Sexually degrading words used to describe an individual;
• Suggestive or obscene letters, emails, notes or invitations; and
• Unwelcome physical contact, including pats, hugs, brushes, touches, shoulder rubs, assaults, or impeding or blocking movements.
This policy is also violated if an employee is fired, denied a job, or denied some other employment benefit because the employee refused to grant sexual favors, complained about harassment, or assisted in an investigation of harassment. Echo360 is committed to taking reasonable steps to prevent harassment from occurring and will take immediate and appropriate action when we know that unlawful harassment has occurred. To do this, however, we need the cooperation of all employees at all levels.
