Sentences with phrase «policy addressing sexual»

The Cooper Union policy addressing sexual assault, sexual harassment, and other forms of sexual misconduct can be found here.

The bill also adds the subject of sex trafficking to the current law requiring districts to adopt a policy addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatment of children.

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«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

It outlines policies and procedures for the church to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and deals with reconciliation, accountability and prevention.

The fact is, boy scouts are already forbidden from engaging in sexual activity — heterosexual or homosexual — and so the change in policy simply addresses sexual orientation.

Title IX consultant Rebecca Veidlinger has been retained to conduct this investigation, which will address whether MSU's Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct policy was violated.

Three legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo behind closed doors at the state Capitol yesterday and hammered out a number of specifics, though a range of non-fiscal policy issues — apparently with the exception of addressing sexual harassment — have fallen off the table.

It addresses changes to the federal tax code, education, sexual harassment policies, and increased funding for The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

ALBANY — Several Democratic Assembly members and a top Republican state senator say they still want to see new policies to address sexual harassment in the state budget, even though there are concerns about the negotiation process and disagreements over how best to tackle the issue.

By keeping state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State address.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo will give his State of the State address Wednesday, but he has already previewed much of his 2015 agenda, including a minimum wage hike, small - business tax cut and a statewide campus sexual consent policy.

Senate Democrats, who aren't allowed to participate in the negotiations, have been highly critical of letting «four men in a room» take the lead on crafting a policy to address sexual harassment.

Assemblywoman Sandy Galef wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to establish a task force to address sexual harassment in state government, which would review existing policies and make recommendations for a uniform standard to handle claims and investigations involving all state workers and officials.

In the fourth episode of Alt TV, the editorial team discusses the policy proposals of Cuomo's State of the State speech like ending cash bail and addressing sexual harassment.

Earlier in the day, the Legislature passed sweeping legislation to address workplace harassment in the public and private sector, including requiring employers to adopt a model sexual harassment policy that prohibits mandatory arbitration and secret settlements.

He noted that in his 2018 State of the State Address earlier this month, he announced a new policy in which he prohibits the use of taxpayer funds for a sexual harassment payment if it is only based on the individual's behavior.

Ulster County is taking a step to address sexual assault on college campuses with funding under New York's «Enough is Enough» policy.

ALBANY — In a resolution calling for the adoption of a new, systemwide policy for the handling of sexual assaults on SUNY campuses, Governor Andrew Cuomo was lauded for having «taken an active leadership role addressing sexual violence on college / university campuses.»

The Diocese of Buffalo released the following statement in response to Tuesday's gathering outside their headquarters: «Since 1990, the Diocese of Buffalo has had policies to address sexual abuse.

Eleanor Holmes Norton of D.C. — have introduced similar legislation that addresses Congress» sexual harassment policies.

She has collaborated with New York State and national policy experts to address the challenge of confidential adolescent sexual health services as a health policy issue.

In light of these findings, Plan UK is calling for greater support for teachers to prevent incidents of unwanted sexual contact, as well as high - quality statutory sex and relationships education to teach young people about issues of consent and healthy relationships, and ensuring bullying policies address gender and sexual violence, providing a safe environment for pupils to report concerns.

This means the institution addresses issues related to culture, language, demographics, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, exceptionalities, and other factors throughout their curriculum, personnel, policies, and programs.

Specifically, PSEL defines effectiveness in this area as ensuring that students have equitable access to effective teachers and supports, developing policies that fairly address student misconduct, and confronting biases and «low expectations associated with race, class, culture and language, gender and sexual orientation, and disability or special status,» among other tenets.

North Carolina schools are required to address sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in anti-bullying policies, but not in non-discrimination policies.

REALITY: Despite state laws and district policies that prohibit discrimination and address bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity, many LGBTQ and gender non-conforming youth are experiencing verbal and physical discrimination and harassment, are not able to identify adult supporters, and are not learning accurate information about gender, sex, and sexual orientation; and teacher - preparation programs in Illinois are not adequately preparing teachers to address such bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Although typically brought up in discussions about unequal opportunities in women's athletics, the law also requires that schools have a Title IX coordinator to handle complaints and address concerns if related issues arise, and that they have policies in place to combat sexual harassment as well as discrimination against pregnant students.

While we are pleased to see the BC government take initiative on this issue, West Coast LEAF is also calling on post-secondary institutions to go beyond the minimum standard established by the Act to adopt policies that will meaningfully address sexual misconduct.

Given the current media attention on sexual harassment claims, New Jersey businesses should continue to review their internal policies and procedures for addressing workplace harassment.

Currently under OHSA, employers are required to have a policy and program dealing with workplace harassment and violence, but the Ontario Labour Relations Board has consistently held that complaints related to sexual harassment in the workplace should be addressed under the Human Rights Code rather than under the OHSA.

The Court also noted that the effects of the direct supervisor's conduct had a heightened impact on the plaintiff because, among other reasons, there were no sexual harassment policies in place or other mechanisms to address the conduct.

If you are an employer, whether large or small, you should have policy in place to prevent and address employee complaints about sexual harassment at your workplace.

Bill 132 does more than just address how to rectify a situation after sexual harassment takes place; it goes as far as mandates on employers to have policy in place to prevent sexual harassment from happening in the first place.

SurvJustice also provides policy advocacy and institutional trainings services to communities that seek to better prevent and address campus sexual violence.

These policies should explicitly address discrimination based on all prohibited grounds under human rights legislation, including sexual orientation.

This can be addressed through policies that acknowledge the needs of this age - group and through implementation of comprehensive sexuality education.48 Such education should include discussions about gender equity and gender relations, delaying sexual initiation and effective methods of pregnancy prevention.

Walter immediately began to employ these ideas and practices in his roles as a licensed psychologist, family therapist, counselor and consultant in a variety of court, legal, policy and organizational settings addressing clergy and professional sexual misconduct of youth and vulnerable adults.

,» calls out the tension between (1) the strength of the evidence linking ACEs to adult physical and mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, interpersonal violence and sexual and other health risk behaviors and (2) concrete knowledge and methods for how to prevent and address the neurobiological and psychosocial impact of ACEs and childhood trauma in clinical practice, public health and in policy.

Although there are policies in Wales that aim to address violence, including the recent «Framework for Managing the Night - Time Economy in Wales», 54 the Well - being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 55 which provisionally includes a national indicator around «feeling safe in the community», and the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act (2015), 56 more can be done to address key risk factors through other measures, including policy.1 Violence is strongly linked to social determinants such as unemployment; income and gender inequality; limited educational opportunities; and cultural, social and gender norms.1 Any comprehensive violence prevention strategy must recognise the influence of such factors and identify ways to mitigate or protect against risks.

We follow these bills so that we can help advocate laws and policies that promote social - emotional learning, address bullying, and prevent child sexual abuse.

This research sheds light on young people's needs for sexual and reproductive health information and services, provides policymakers with evidence to inform effective programs and offers policy recommendations to address unmet needs.

In fact, as the anniversary of that historic Ms. article approached, news began coming from the Department of Education that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos vowed to revisit Obama - era policies that addressed campus sexual assault.

This training course, which includes a 14 - minute video, quiz and print materials, addresses how to identify actions that constitute sexual harassment, ways it can be prevented, and how to establish company policies and procedures to address incidents of sexual harassment.