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• a condition of employment; or <br />• a basis for an employment decision affecting your job. <br />One form of prohibited harassment is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment includes <br />unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical <br />contact or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature that is <br />interfering with your job performance; or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive <br />work environment; or when submission to such conduct is made: <br />• a condition of employment; or <br />• a basis for an employment decision affecting your job. <br />The Utility prohibits sexual harassment in any form, including verbal, physical, and <br />visual harassment. Some examples of conduct that may be sexual harassment include: <br />• use of offensive or demeaning terms that have sexual connotations; <br />• telling suggestive jokes or stories and conversations about sexual <br />exploits, sexual preferences, and desires; <br />• jokes, cartoons, pictures, objects or stories that have a sexual content; <br />• threats, demands or suggestions that an employee's work status, <br />advancement or other terms and conditions of employment are <br />contingent upon the employee's toleration of or acquiescence to <br />unwelcome sexual advances; <br />• repeated, unwelcome sexual flirtations, propositions, or invitations to <br />social engagements; or <br />• unwelcome and objectionable physical contact or physical proximity. <br />Scope of Policy <br />The Utility prohibits harassment in any form, including verbal, physical, and visual <br />harassment. This policy prohibits same sex harassment and harassment by members of <br />the opposite sex. In addition, this policy prohibits sexual harassment and any other form <br />of harassment by any individual, including managers and supervisors, employees, co- <br />workers, and third parties such as clients, elected officials, consultants, contractors or <br />vendors who deal with the Utility's employees. <br />Reporting Harassment <br />If at any time you feel you are being harassed, you should immediately contact: <br />your supervisor and/or your department head; and/or <br />6 <br />