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on premise jewellery repair ewellers across from clock tower stouffville i hi r stouffville tribune weekender 172 bullock drive unit31markham 4718660 tribune exclusive harassment charges investigated tracy kibble staff reporter the human rights commis sion is investigating sexual harassment allegations on behalf of an employee at the town of whitchurchstouffville the tribune has learned several inside sources have come forward this week to sup port a female employee in a human rights complaint against a senior town official and the corporation the tribune has chosen not to reveal the identities of sources and those involved to protect- their right to privacy the complainant declined to comment on the matter the human rights complaint was filed last fall after an employee allegedly received no support or help from senior administration to alleviate the problem sources maintain and although there is a policy in place to protect employees against sexual harassment at the workplace sources say they fear reprisal from management if they complain each source told the tribune that their experiences have been similar to the complainants but because of fear for their jobs have not been in contact with human rights or town administration sources told the tribune that women employees are often sub jected to poking touching and verbal harassment by the offi cial in question while doing their daily tasks when contacted about the issue mayor fran sainsbury said she was aware of the prob lem last year but thought the matter had been resolved since she had heard of no further complaints she also said she was unaware there is a harass ment problem within the towns offices if a complainant or complainants do not come for ward the town can not take proper action the mayor said in response to employees com ing forward to the press in a prepared statement she responded the town of whitchurchstouffville is under an obligation to ensure that its workplaces are free of sexual harassment there are channels for appropriate complaints to be lodged and dealt with the town had last year been subject of a complaint before the human rights commission and the matters are being dealt with appropriately the mayor said the issue was more of a personality conflict between the senior official and the complainant and refused to acknowledge sexual harassment allegations she added the wave of support from sources is likely a school girl chum thing the towns sexual harassment policy the town of whitchurchstouffvilles harass ment policy has been in place since june 1992 the definitions and procedures for filing a com plaint with the town outlined in the policy fol low policy statement as part of the towns employment equity poli cy and in accordance with federal and provincial legislation the town of whitchurchstouffville is committed to providing a work environment free of sexual harassment while it is not the purpose of this policy to reg ulate an employees personal morality harass ment is considered an act of misconduct and may subject an individual to disciplinary action and possibly dismissal definition sexual harassment is defined as engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome sexual harassment may be verbal physical intended deliberate unintended unsolicited sexual harassment has occurred when a submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individuals employment b submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for an employ ment decision affecting that individual c such conduct has the effect intentionally or unintentionally of unreasonably interfering with an individuals work performance or creating an intimidating hostile oroffensive working envi ronment examples of sexual harassment in the work place may include but are not limited to unwelcome remarks concerning a persons body attire or sex practical jokes of a sexual nature which cause awkwardness or embarrassment displaying of pornographic pictures or other offensive material unnecessary physical contact physical assault towns procedures to take if harassment occurs step 1 ask the harasser to stop inform the harasser that hisher behaviour is unwel come an individual may not realize that heshe is being offensive if the person refus es to discontinue the behaviour remind himher that such behaviour is against town policy step 2 keep a record of the harassment including datesj times location what hap pened were there any witnesses what was your response step 3 lodge a complaint if the harass ment continues a formal complaint may be submitted to your department head upon receipt the department head will initiate an investigation if you are a member of cupe local 3619 and choose to grieve you should immediately inform the union of the problem step 4 the investigation will include interviewing of the complainant the alleged harasser and any other persons who may pro vide information information will be received in strict confidence and will be docu mented if there is evidence of harassment and disci plinary action is warranted the town will take immediate appropriate corrective action which may include suspension or termination if the complaint is found to be not support ed no documentation of the complaint will be placed with the employee file of the alleged harasser brand new 1993 topaz gs 2 dr dgxvw best price ob lease for 189mo no money down brand new 1 993 brand new 1 993 escort ix 3 dr sport best pmce villager ls or lease for no money down best price or lease for mo down brand new 1993 ranger xl supercab includes aluminum wheels rear spoiler ps pb 5 inciudes air toed 5 speed olinvnum wheels power includes 8woy powerseor air olum wheels auto yksissw lrunweeoseamfmsevmmoremsiip11s vwaa imsrp 9995 stic 654c iviarkviile mercury lincoln oc hwy 17 skim rin includes 5 speed od ps jump scots olum wheels box liner running 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