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St. Johns County's Commitment to a Harassment-Free Workplace

• St. Johns County is committed to maintaining a work environment free of harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, and/or genetics.
• The County will not tolerate unlawful harassment of any employee by any supervisor, co-worker, vendor, client, or other parties while on the job.

Definition and Examples of Unlawful Harassment

• Unlawful harassment is verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of their protected characteristics.
• Examples of unlawful harassment include:
  • Conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
  • Conduct that unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance.
  • Epithets, slurs, negative stereotyping, or threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts.
  • Written or graphic material that denigrates or shows hostility toward an individual or group.

Definition and Examples of Sexual Harassment

• Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and any other physical, verbal, or visual conduct of a sexual nature.
• Examples of sexual harassment include:
  • Unwelcome sexual propositions.
  • Sexual innuendo.
  • Sexually suggestive remarks.
  • Vulgar or sexually explicit comments, gestures, or conduct.
  • Physical contact such as brushing against another's body, pinching, or patting.

Responsibility and Reporting

• Managers and supervisors are responsible for immediately notifying the Human Resources Department of any complaints of harassment.
• All employees are responsible for attending harassment training as required.
• Managers and supervisors are expected to prevent and eliminate harassment in their respective work areas.
• All employees are responsible for reporting harassing or discriminating conduct.