Offensive behavior prohibited by this policy also includes requests to engage in illegal, immoral, or unethical conduct or retaliation for the making of a complaint. Such harassment is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Minnesota Human Rights Act. One specific kind of illegal and offensive behavior is sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and a violation of state, federal, and local laws.
Submission to such conduct or communication is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, 2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct or communication by an individual is used as a factor for employment decisions affecting such individual, or 3. Such conduct or communication has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's psychological well-being, work performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment and the employer knows or should know of the existence of the harassment and fails to take timely and appropriate action. Offensive behavior by any employee, manager, supervisor, or non-employee is not acceptable. All employees, managers and non-supervisors alike, will be expected to comply with this policy and take appropriate measures to ensure that such conduct does not occur.