01-01 Harassment in the Workplace

Summary

The City of Grand Rapids is committed to a healthy, harassment-free work environment for all our employees. To this extent, the City of Grand Rapids is and will continue to be intolerant of behavior that is determined to be harassing to employees, citizens or patrons to city services.

Workplace harassment consists of unwelcome behavior directed toward an individual or group because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, disability, height, weight, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Purpose

To establish a uniform policy to eliminate workplace harassment.