RESOLUTION NO. _______, SERIES 2017
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A RESOLUTION OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO COUNCIL AMENDING THE METRO COUNCIL'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ADD A HARASSMENT PERSONNEL POLICY.
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WHEREAS, the Metro Council has not adopted personnel policies governing the reporting and investigating of harassment; and
WHEREAS, the Metro Council seeks to temporarily adopt Metro Louisville's personnel policies on reporting and investigating harassment while the Personnel Policy Workgroup reviews further policies more diligently.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (THE COUNCIL) AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Metro Council Policies and Procedures is hereby amended to add the following Harassment Policy:
Section 30: Harassment
Harassment
(1) The Louisville Metro Council will make every reasonable effort to ensure that no Metro Council employee is subjected to harassment. In order to preserve and protect an environment in which all employees and all members of the public are treated with equal courtesy and respect, the Louisville Metro Council will not tolerate verbal or physical abuse, harassment, intimidation, threats, violence or other adverse behavior towards any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, smoker or nonsmoker status as long as workplace policy is complied with, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected characteristic as established by law. The Louisville Metro Council will not tolerate any behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate, threaten, denigrate or otherwise interfere with the ability of any employee, or any member of the public to perform job functions or conduct business, whether or not such behavior constitutes a violation of individual civil rights within the meaning of federal or Kentucky statutes, Louisville Metro Government ordinanc...
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