St. Charles Parish - File #: 2014-0339

• File #: 2014-0339
• Version: 1
• Name: Rescind Ordinance 92-10-11, the current Sexual Harassment Policy, and adopt a revised Sexual Harassment Policy for the Parish of St. Charles
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/6/2014
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 10/20/2014
• Final action: 10/20/2014
• Enactment #: 14-10-18
• Title: An ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 92-10-11, the current Sexual Harassment Policy, and adopt a revised Sexual Harassment Policy for the Parish of St. Charles.
• Sponsors: V.J. St. Pierre Jr.
• Indexes: Personnel, zz-Sexual Harassment
• Code sections: Ch. 18. Art. III. Sec. 18-42. - Sexual harassment prohibited

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/22/2014	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
10/20/2014	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
10/20/2014	1	Parish Council	Approved 1	Pass
10/6/2014	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
10/6/2014	1	Parish President	Introduced

2014-0339
INTRODUCED BY: V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR, PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 92-10-11, the current Sexual Harassment Policy, and adopt a revised Sexual Harassment Policy for the Parish of St. Charles.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. Policy
It is a policy of St. Charles Parish that all employees have a right to work in an environment free from sexual harassment.
(a) Specifically, this policy provides that no supervisor shall threaten or insinuate, either explicitly or implicitly, that an employee's refusal to submit to sexual advances will adversely affect, or that the submission to or rejection of advances will in any way influence, any personnel decision regarding that employee's employment, assigned duties, shifts, or any other condition of employment or career development.
(b) Other sexually harassing conduct in the work place, whether physical or verbal, committed by supervisory or nonsupervisory personnel, is also prohibited. This includes repeated, offensive sexual flirtations, advances or propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual's body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, or the display in the workplace of sexually suggestive objects or pictures.
(c) If an employee accuses another employee of sexual harassment and the action is found to have occurred, no retaliation will be taken against the accusing party by the offender or any other employee of the Parish. If an employee is a victim of sexual harassment, the employee shall present the complaint to the employee's immediate supervisor. If, in the event the complaint involves the immediate supervisor, the employee shall present the complaint directly to the department director. If, in the event the complaint involves this individual, the employee shall present the complaint directly to the Personnel Officer. All complaints of sexual h...