EXECUTIVE ORDER EO 83-12
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
It
is the policy of the state of Washington, as an employer, to provide and
maintain a working environment for its employees, free from harassment on the
basis of sex.
Sexual
harassment occurs through unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
A. Submission to such conduct is made,
either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individual's
employment;
B. Submission to or rejection of such
conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions
affecting such individual; or
C. Such conduct has the purpose or effect
of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating
an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
The
best tool for the elimination of sexual harassment is prevention.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I, John Spellman, Governor of the state of Washington, by virtue of the power
vested in me, direct that state agencies take steps necessary to prevent sexual
harassment from occurring, including, but not limited to, the following:
A. Develop and disseminate among all agency
employees a policy statement that defines and strongly expresses disapproval of
sexual harassment;
B. Inform employees of their right to
raise and the means of raising the issue of sexual harassment under Chapter
49.60 RCW, or under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in
1972;
C. Provide training and education in order
to eliminate and prevent sexual harassment in the organization;
D. Develop and exercise appropriate
sanctions.
The
Department of Personnel, in consultation with the Human Rights Commission, has
agreed to provide guidelines and other assistance to all agencies to aid in
implementing this order.
Each
agency is directed to submit to me no later than October 1, 1983, a report on
its implementation of this order.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I
have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the State
of Washington to be affixed at Olympia
this 24th day of August A.D., Nineteen hundred and
eighty-three.
JOHN SPELLMAN
Governor of Washington
BY THE
GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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