(A) Federal and state law and the city policy also prohibit derogatory racial, ethnic, religious, age, or other inappropriate remarks, slurs or jokes that have a tendency to offend or intimidate employees and/or interfere with workplace productivity. Such conduct is prohibited, whether it be in the form of physical, verbal, or written harassment, and regardless of whether committed by supervisory or non-supervisory personnel.
(B) These are some examples of behaviors that could be defined as racial, ethnic, religious or age harassment:
(1) Use of derogatory terms that denote a particular racial, ethnic, religious or age group;
(2) Jokes, slurs or other remarks that disparage racial, ethnic, religious or age groups;
(3) Verbal abuse or insults of a racial, ethnic, religious or age-related nature; and
(4) The display in the workplace of objects, pictures, posters, magazines, cartoons, or other materials that negatively portray any particular racial, ethnic, religious or age group.
(C) The conduct portrayed in the above examples is not all-inclusive, but only illustrative.
(Ord. 00-05, passed 4-10-00; Am. Ord. 08-24, passed 10-27-08)