This peer committee should be composed of a neutral body of peers of the complainant and respondent, appointed by the University Senate with challenge for cause, who will assure that complainants and respondents are treated with due process and that the University community is protected from individuals who commit harassment. The New Brunswick Faculty Council recommends that the Implementation Committee for the Harassment Complaint Process be reconvened to consider how well the Rutgers University Harassment Policy has worked since it was implemented and consider appropriate changes based on that experience and on concerns raised by the New Brunswick Faculty Council and other concerned members of the Rutgers community. Further, the New Brunswick Faculty Council recommends that one or more members of the New Brunswick Faculty Council be appointed to the Implementation Committee to express the Council s concerns. The New Brunswick Faculty Council specifically recommends that the Policy be changed with respect to process. The other party shall have the opportunity to provide a response to the appeal.
Findings of fact are justified.
Sanctions are appropriate. The decision of the neutral appeals body should be binding on the parties. Under any circumstances, suspension without pay would not be a sanction option.