Sexual Harassment Policy

North Country Community College will not tolerate sexual harassment.  The College observes the New York State Policy of Sexual Harassment which states that discrimination on the basis of gender is a violation of Section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended and the New York State Human Rights Law.  Guidelines approved by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on September 23, 1980, state: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature will constitute sexual harassment when: 

• Submission to the conduct is either an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment; or
• Submission to or rejection of the conduct is used as a basis for an employment decision affecting the person rejecting or submitting to the conduct; or
• The conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an affected person's work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

North Country Community College has a grievance process in place to handle sexual-harassment complaints.  The process is outlined in the North Country Community College Statement of Policy on Affirmative Action and Human Rights, October 1979 (Revised Summer 1988).  It is the practice of the College to ensure fair and impartial investigations that will protect the rights of the person(s) filing sexual harassment complaints, the person(s) complained against and the College system as a whole.