What’s Up at City Hall – Harassment-Free Workplace Policy
At the January 21, 2010 meeting of the Standing Committee of Council on City Services and Budgets the following motion was carried unanimously:
MOVED by Ellen Woodsworth
THAT the Committee recommend to Council
A. THAT Council rescind the four existing Sexual Harassment Policies dated 1989/10/05, and adopt in their place, in principle, the Harassment-Free Workplace Policy attached to this report dated November 3, 2009.
B. THAT Council refer the proposed Harassment-Free Workplace Policy to the Britannia Community Services Society and Ray-Cam Cooperative Association and encourage them to adopt it as policy and inform Council within a period of six months.
C. THAT the COV Harassment-Free Workplace policy include gender identity, gender expression and perceptions of sexual orientation and gender.
