Policy Prohibiting Harassment
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 the Office of Employment Equity, Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey, 57 Highway 1, Cook Campus, 732-932-3020, ext. 4030,
or by email at oee@hr.rutgers.edu. You may obtain copies of the Policy
Prohibiting Harassment and the Harassment Complaint Process on the web at http://uhr.rutgers.edu/equity. |