Site Map . Know Your Rights Resolution Procedure for Students and Employees of Tompkins Cortland Community College A policy for the review of illegal discrimination including sexual harassment. Any questions concerning implementation of this policy should be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Diana Gallagher. Policy Statement on Sexual Harassment Tompkins Cortland Community College is fully committed to equal opportunity for all its students and employees. In conjunction with that commitment, the College is also fully committed to a prohibition of sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful discrimination.
It involves behavior that places an objectionable emphasis on sexuality or sexual identity and interferes with professional and cordial relationships between people. Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to unwelcome sexual advances, verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment is prohibited at the College and in all relationships, for example, between co-workers, employees and their supervisors, employees and students, students, students and faculty. The College must comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the New York Human Rights Law. These statutes require the College to maintain a work and study environment free from discriminatory intimidation, ridicule and insult.