Equal Opportunity Policy
American Institute of Mathematics provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.
Policy Prohibiting Harassment and Discrimination
American Institute of Mathematics strives to maintain an environment free from discrimination and harassment, where employees treat each other with respect, dignity and courtesy. This policy applies to all phases of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, testing, hiring, promoting, demoting, transferring, laying off, terminating, paying, granting benefits and training.
Prohibited Behavior
American Institute of Mathematics does not and will not tolerate any type of harassment of our employees, applicants for employment, or our visitors. Discriminatory conduct or conduct characterized as harassment as defined below is prohibited.
The term harassment includes, but is not limited to, slurs, jokes, and other verbal or physical conduct relating to a person's gender, ethnicity, race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military service status or any other protected classification that unreasonably interferes with a person's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile work environment.
Sexually harassing behavior in particular includes unwelcome conduct such as: sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, offensive touching, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Such conduct may constitute sexual harassment when it:
* is made an explicit or implicit condition of employment
* is used as the basis for employment decisions
* unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or
* creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
The types of conduct covered by this policy include: demands or subtle pressure for sexual favors accompanied by a promise of favorable job treatment or a threat concerning employment. Specifically, it includes sexual behavior such as:
* repeated sexual flirtations, advances or propositions
* continued and repeated verbal abuse of a sexual nature, sexually related comments and joking, graphic or degrading comments about an employee's appearance or displaying sexually suggestive objects or pictures including cartoons and vulgar e-mail messages, and
* any uninvited physical contact or touching, such as patting, pinching or repeated brushing against another's body.
Such conduct may constitute sexual harassment regardless of whether the conduct is between members of management, between management and staff employees, between staff employees, or directed at employees by nonemployees conducting business with AIM, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Complaint Procedure and Investigation
Any employee who wishes to report a possible incident of sexual harassment or other unlawful harassment or discrimination should promptly report the matter to the Executive Director. If that person is not available, or you believe it would be inappropriate to contact that person, contact the Personnel Manager.
American Institute of Mathematics will conduct a prompt investigation as confidentially as possible under the circumstances. Employees who raise concerns and make reports in good faith can do so without fear of reprisal; at the same time, employees have an obligation to cooperate with American Institute of Mathematics in enforcing this policy and investigating and remedying complaints. Any employee who becomes aware of possible sexual harassment or other illegal discrimination against others should promptly advise American Institute of Mathematics or any other appropriate member of management. Anyone found to have engaged in such wrongful behavior will be subject to appropriate discipline, which may include termination.
Retaliation
Any employee who files a complaint of sexual harassment or other discrimination in good faith will not be adversely affected in terms and conditions of employment and will not be retaliated against or discharged because of the complaint.
In addition, we will not tolerate retaliation against any employee who, in good faith, cooperates in the investigation of a complaint. Anyone who engages in such retaliatory behavior will be subject to appropriate discipline, up to and including termination.
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