According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidelines certain key elements should be included within a sexual policy. These elements include a clear explanation of prohibited conduct, defining what could be considered as sexual harassment, and what the punishment of such acts would be. Organization must also assure that employees who make complaints or participate in an investigation of a complaint will be protected against retaliation as well as providing a clear description of the company's complaint process. Company's must also assure that employer will protect the confidentiality of complaints to the highest possible extent while also assuring that the employer will take immediate and appropriate corrective action when investigation determines that a harassment has occurred.
To implement these policies it would serve the company's best interest to train managers and employees on the procedure of the sexual harassment complaint process as well as providing ground rules that will assist employees avoid decided troubles.
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