(a) Each employer to which this article applies shall have and enforce a policy prohibiting sexual harassment that sets forth the same or greater protections than those contained in Article 17 that are correspondingly applicable to the employer’s business and including the following:
(1) Prohibitions against an officer’s or employee’s sexual harassment of the following:
(A) Another officer or employee of the employer;
(B) An individual under consideration for employment with the employer; or
(C) An individual doing business with the employer;
(2) A provision prohibiting a management or supervisory officer or employee from knowingly permitting a subordinate officer or employee to engage in the sexual harassment prohibited under subdivision (1);
(3) A prohibition against retaliation towards an officer, employee, or individual who has complained of sexual harassment, conducted an investigation of a complaint, or acted as a witness during an investigation of a complaint;
(4) A prohibition against a malicious false complaint of sexual harassment by an officer, employee, or individual;
(5) Provisions allowing an officer, employee, or individual to make a sexual harassment complaint to an appropriate management, supervisory, or personnel officer or employee;
(6) Procedures for investigating a sexual harassment complaint in an unbiased, fair, and discreet manner with appropriate safeguards to maintain confidentiality and protection from embarrassment;
(7) A provision requiring the use of the “reasonable person of the same gender standard,” as described under § 1-17.6, to determine if sexual harassment has occurred;
(8) Disciplinary actions that may be imposed on an officer or employee who committed a prohibited act; and
(9) For an employer with at least five employees, a provision requiring the annual viewing of a video on the sexual harassment policy by each management or supervisory officer or employee.
(b) The policy required under this section shall be in effect for at least the duration of the employer’s contract with the city.
(c) The department of budget and fiscal services shall prepare a standard form of the policy required under this section. The standard form shall set forth a policy containing minimum requirements which conform to this section.
(1990 Code, Ch. 1, Art. 18, § 1-18.4) (Added by Ord. 93-84)