Applicability

This policy applies to all City employees regardless of position, status, or authority.   This includes classified and unclassified employees, full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary employees.   The prohibitions of this policy are equally applicable to appointing authorities, executive management, administrators, directors, managers, supervisors, staff, and student workers.

In keeping with City's intention and duty to maintain a work environment free of harassment and discrimination, this policy also applies to non-employees, including visitors and individuals who transact business with the City of Mandeville, such as vendors, clients, contractors, and consultants.   These non-employees are prohibited from engaging in the behavior prohibited by this policy and are protected from experiencing such behavior by City employees.

This policy applies not only to the customary workplace and work locations where City employees may be assigned, but also prohibits such behavior while traveling to a work location, at conferences, workshops, trainings, business trips, and business-related social events.   Additionally, the behavior prohibited by this policy applies to off duty, off-premises behavior which has an impact upon and relation back to the working relationship.