Policy Prohibiting Harrassment
The university prohibits harassment based on race, religion, color,
national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
marital status, or veteran status. Harassment is a form of
discrimination that violates state and federal civil rights laws. It is
defined for purposes of those laws and the university's policy as any
behavior that
1. is unwelcome,
2. targets a person because of one or more protected characteristics,
3. is engaged in by a person employed by or doing business with the university, and
4. is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter negatively that
person's or a group member's living, educational, or working
environment.
Sexual harassment can take the form of unwelcome sexual advances;
requests for sexual favors; or other unwelcome written, verbal,
electronic, telephonic, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Hostile
environment harassment on the basis of sex, race, religion, color,
national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, disability, marital
status, or veteran status is severe or persistent behavior that has the
purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a person's work or
academic performance or creating a hostile environment.
If you think you have been harassed on the basis of any of the
protected categories listed above, have observed harassing behavior, or
need more information, you are encouraged to contact Jayne M. Grandes,
Director of University Harassment Compliance and Equity, Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey, 56 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854,
732/445-3020, ext. 626, or by email at uhce@hr.rutgers.edu. You may
obtain copies of the Policy Prohibiting Harassment and the Harassment
Complaint Process on our web page at http://uhce.rutgers.edu.
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