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<br />SECTION 2 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY <br /> <br />SECTION 2.01- Equal Opportunity Employer <br /> <br />In compliance with the state and federal laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and <br />the American with Disabilities Act of 1991, the City is an equal opportunity employer. No person <br />shall be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, <br />ancestry, marital status, political affiliation, organization membership, citizenship, veteran's status, <br />mental or physical disability. Disqualification on the basis of age, sex or physical requirements is <br />prohibited unless such disqualification constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification or essential <br />function necessary to proper and efficient administration of a job. <br /> <br />Employees or applicants who need reasonable accommodations due to a disability or feel they have <br />been the subject of discrimination, should discuss these circumstances with their Department Head <br />and/or the Human Resources Director or designee. <br /> <br />SECTION 2.02 - Sexual Harassment <br /> <br />The City of Paris is committed to maintaining a work environment free from sexual <br />harassment for all employees. Business decisions regarding employment, transfers, <br />promotions or terminations based on an employee's submission or refusal of sexual advances will <br />not be tolerated. <br /> <br />SECTION 2.021- Definition <br /> <br />Sexual harassment is a form of gender-based discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the <br />Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment is, as defined by the Equal Employment <br />Opportunity Commission, "unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and <br />other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to the conduct enters <br />into employment decisions and/or the conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual's <br />work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment." <br /> <br />The two most common forms of sexual harassment are "quid pro quo" and "hostile work <br />environment." Quid pro quo harassment forces an employee to choose between the job <br />and the demands being made by the harasser. Hostile work environment harassment <br />occurs when there is a repeated pattern of verbally abusive, threatening, crude, impolite or <br />various other types of unprofessional conduct that impairs an employee's ability to <br />perform a job. <br /> <br />Examples of behavior that may be considered sexual harassment are: telling sexual jokes <br />or stories, making sexual innuendos, spreading rumors about a person's sex life, <br />continuous staring at someone, obscene gestures, blocking a person's path, invading a <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />Revised 01-25-05 <br />