Harassment Defined Sample Clauses

Harassment Defined. The Company and Unifor are committed to providing a harassment-free workplace. Harassment is defined as a “course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome”, that denies individual dignity and respect on the basis of the grounds such as: gender, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation or other prohibited grounds, as stated in the provincial Human Rights Code. Harassment also means any demeaning and abusive behaviour of which an employee feels is offensive. All employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment. The workplace is defined as any Company facility, vehicles, and includes areas such as offices, shop floors, rest rooms, cafeterias, lockers, conference rooms and parking lots. Harassment may take many forms: verbal, physical or visual. It may involve a threat or an implied threat or be perceived as a condition of employment. The following examples could be considered as harassment but are not meant to cover all potential incidents: • Unwelcome remarks, jokes, innuendoes, gestures or taunting about a person’s body, disability, attire or gender, racial or ethnic backgrounds, colour, place of birth, sexual orientation, citizenship or ancestry; • Practical jokes, pushing, shoving, etc., which cause awkwardness or embarrassment; • Posting or circulation of offensive photos or visual materials; • Refusal to work or converse with an employee because of their racial background or gender, etc. • Unwanted physical conduct such as touching, patting, pinching etc. • Condescension or paternalism which undermines self-respect; • Backlash or retaliation for the lodging of a complaint or participation in an investigation.
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Harassment Defined. Harassment is defined as “a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome” on the prohibited grounds referred to in Article 3.01. All employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment.
Harassment Defined. (a) Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment shall be defined as any repeated and/or unwelcome physical contact, compromising invitation with sexual overtones or sexual comment, look gesture or suggestion that creates an uncomfortable working environment for the recipient, made by a person who knows or ought to know it is unwelcome. It can also mean words or actions of a sexual nature which are intended only to be friendly. Sexual harassment may include a single sexual advance made by a person in authority over the recipient or implies a threat or denial of employment opportunity including a reprisal made after a sexual advance is rejected.
Harassment Defined. I. Harassment is defined as a “course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome”, that denies individual dignity and respect on the basis of the grounds such as: sex, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation or other prohibited grounds. At Petro-Canada Lubricants Centre all employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment.
Harassment Defined. (a) The Union and the Employer recognize the right of Employees to work in an environment free from sexual and personal harassment. Harassment is a form of discrimination and includes personal harassment, which is any improper behavior by any person which is offensive to any Employee and which that person knows or ought reasonably to know is inappropriate and unwelcome. Harassment is also comprised of objectionable conduct, comment or display occurring either once or continuously that demeans, belittles or causes personal humiliation or embarrassment to an Employee. The Employer and the Union will work together to ensure all members of the Employer’s organization, as well as all Employees, understand their personal responsibility to promote a harassment free and safe work environment.
Harassment Defined. (a) The Union and the Employer recognize the right of employees to work in an environment free from sexual and personal harassment. The Employer shall take such actions as are necessary respecting an employee or an employer representative engaging in sexual or personal harassment.
Harassment Defined. (a) The Union and the Employer recognize the right of employees to work in an environment free from sexual and personal harassment. Harassment is a form of discrimination and includes personal harassment, which is any improper behaviour by any person, which is offensive to any employee and which that person knows or ought reasonably to know is inappropriate and unwelcome. Harassment is also comprised of objectionable conduct; comment or display occurring either once or continuously that demeans, belittles or causes personal humiliation or embarrassment to an employee. The Employer and the Union will work together to ensure all members of the Employer’s organization, as well as all employees, understand their personal responsibility to promote a harassment-free and safe work environment.
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Harassment Defined. The Company and Unifor are committed to providing a harassment-free workplace. Harassment is defined as a “course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome”, that denies individual dignity and respect on the basis of the grounds such as: gender, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation or other prohibited grounds, as stated in the provincial Human Rights Code. Harassment also means any demeaning and abusive behavior of which an employee feels is offensive. All employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment.
Harassment Defined. Harassment is defined as unwelcome verbal, visual or physical conduct creating an intimidating, abusive, offensive, or hostile work environment that interferes with work performance. Harassment can be verbal (including derogatory comments, slurs, jokes, insults, epithets, gestures or teasing), visual (including derogatory posters, symbols, cartoons, drawings, computer displays, or e-mails) or physical conduct (including assault, impeding or blocking someone’s movement, physical interference with normal work or movement, etc.) that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion towards an individual because of any protected characteristic. Such conduct violates this policy, even if it is not unlawful. Because it is difficult to define unlawful harassment, employees are expected to behave at all times in a professional and respectful manner.
Harassment Defined. I. Harassment is defined as a “course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome”, that denies individual dignity and respect on the basis of the grounds such as : sex, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation or other prohibited grounds. At Lubricants Center all employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment. The workplace is defined as any Company facility and includes areas such as offices, shop floors, restrooms, cafeterias, lockers, conference rooms, and parking lots. Harassment includes, but is not limited to, the following examples:
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