{"content":[{"text":"Department Policy No. HR-226-98 \n January 1, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.043591,"width":0.275533,"height":0.037635999999999996}},{"text":"Page 2 of 8","bbox":{"left":0.73482,"top":0.043591,"width":0.088677,"height":0.020212}},{"text":"Purpose \n The Washington Military Department (WMD) is an equal opportunity employer who is \n committed to achieving inclusivity and respect in our work environment and ensuring that \n employees are treated respectfully and are free from discrimination and harassment, including \n sexual harassment. \n Scope \n It is the responsibility of all employees, applicants for state employment, contractors, vendors, \n interns, volunteers (paid or unpaid), and all other persons conducting business with the WMD, to \n foster and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, professional and safe workplace.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.09576,"width":0.7605890000000001,"height":0.20337099999999997}},{"text":"Policy \n Discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment of any kind are prohibited by law \n and will not be tolerated. It is the responsibility of all employees, contractors, and \n volunteers to foster and maintain a welcoming, inclusive, professional and safe \n workplace.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.311404,"width":0.667994,"height":0.108068}},{"text":"Ensuring equal employment opportunity is a vital responsibility for all of us at the \n WMD. Therefore, it is a violation of policy to: \n 1. Discriminate in the provision of employment opportunities, benefits, or \n privileges, \n 2. Create discriminatory work conditions; or \n 3. Use discriminatory evaluative standards in employment if the basis of that \n discriminatory treatment is, in whole or in part, based on membership in a \n protected class, or retaliation for assisting in the investigation of a complaint.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.431836,"width":0.663249,"height":0.16493400000000003}},{"text":"In addition to the conduct outlined in our respectful work environment policy \n (Respectful Work Environment HR-266-20), harassment based on a protected class is \n prohibited. Harassment is when, based on membership in a protected class, an employee \n must endure offensive conduct as a condition of continued employment, or when the \n conduct is severe or pervasive to create a work environment that a reasonable person \n would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive. Types of harassment that fall within \n this category include, but are not limited to the following: \n • Sexual Harassment \n • Gender-based Harassment \n • Racial and/or Ethnic Harassment \n • Age-based Harassment \n • Disability-based Harassment \n • Sexual Orientation Harassment \n • National Origin Harassment \n • Religion-based Harassment","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.609134,"width":0.6930590000000001,"height":0.29812400000000006}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}