[Uosenateexec] Fwd: Draft Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation Policy - Feedback Requested

[Elliot Berkman]

Greetings, Senators and members of the Senate Exec,

Please take a look at this draft Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation Policy when you have a moment. We will be discussing the policy and other developments in the OICRC in our meeting on April 28. However, please note that Nicole is requesting feedback by 5pm on the 23rd ahead of review by the Policy Advisory Council on May 3. There are steps for additional feedback as part of the policy development process after that date, but if you have suggestions at this point please do bring them forward.

Thanks,

-Elliot

Elliot Berkman
Professor of Psychology
Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab <http://sanlab.uoregon.edu/>
Senate President
University of Oregon
he/him/Ell

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Nicole Commissiong <nrc at uoregon.edu>
> Subject: Draft Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation Policy - Feedback Requested
> Date: April 15, 2021 at 8:36:46 AM PDT
> To: Elliot Berkman <berkman at uoregon.edu>, Sonja Boos <sboos at uoregon.edu>, Kathryn Moakley <moakley at uoregon.edu>, Nadia Singh <nsingh at uoregon.edu>, Michael Omogrosso <omo at uoregon.edu>, Michael Allan <mallan at uoregon.edu>, Nancy Nelson <nnelson3 at uoregon.edu>, Padma Akkaraju <padma at uoregon.edu>, Jimmy Howard <jhoward8 at uoregon.edu>, Sarah Kutten <skutten at uoregon.edu>, "Lisa Peterson" <lpete at uoregon.edu>, Anna Schmidt <schmidta at uoregon.edu>
> Cc: Chris Meade <cmeade at uoregon.edu>
> 
> Colleagues,
>  
> I hope this email finds you well. I write to share a draft Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation Policy with the Senate, past members of the Sex and Gender-Based Violence Committee, and Deputy Title IX Coordinators. As you may know, the University currently has several different (and not entirely consistent) non-discrimination policies, including the Discrimination Complaint and Response Policy <https://policies.uoregon.edu/vol-5-human-resources/ch-11-human-resources-other/discrimination-complaint-and-response> and the Student Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Violence Complaint and Response Policy <https://policies.uoregon.edu/vol-5-human-resources/ch-11-human-resources-other/student-sexual-and-gender-based-harassment-and>. The former requires that all employees report all forms of discrimination and harassment, the latter requires that only those employees who are “designated reporters” report sex and gender based harassment and includes a list of designated reporters. Having multiple policies has resulted in confusion among many concerning their reporting obligations. In addition, both state and federal law have evolved in recent years. For these reasons, over the past few months, a committee of faculty, students, and staff spent a significant amount of time developing a single Prohibited Discrimination and Retaliation Policy.
>  
> In addition to providing the University community with a single reporting policy, the Policy sets forth additional reporting obligations, includes links to reporting and support resources for faculty and students, and lists relevant related policies. The Policy includes language required by Oregon’s non-discrimination statutes ORS 350.253 and ORS Chapter 659A, including the Workplace Fairness Act requirements related to the settlement of employee claims, as well as recently enacted changes to Title IX of the 1972 federal Education Act. In drafting the Policy language, we were mindful of distinguishing between policy language, process procedures, and training. Standard Operating Procedures <https://investigations.uoregon.edu/formal-student-conduct-process> for student cases and the Employee Formal Process <https://investigations.uoregon.edu/formal-employee-investigation-process> are set forth on the UO’s website. We are able to revise practices, procedures, and training materials with relative ease while the policy revision and approval process is much more involved.
>  
> The next step in the policy revision process is to ask stakeholders for input. Hence this email. Please submit your comments and questions to me by 5:00pm on April 23. This will allow the Committee to meet and incorporate feedback before the draft Policy goes to the Policy Advisory Council on May 3. Please note that you may also provide feedback during the public comment period following review by the PAC.
>  
> Thank you for your engagement with this important process.
>  
> Best,
> Nicole
>  
> Nicole Commissiong
> AVP/Chief Civil Rights Officer and Title IX Coordinator
> Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance
> 677 E. 12th Avenue, Suite 452
> 5221 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5221
> 541.346.2204 (T) / 541.346.4168 (F)
> investigations.uoregon.edu/ <https://investigations.uoregon.edu/>
> nrc at uoregon.edu <mailto:nrc at uoregon.edu>
>  

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.uoregon.edu/pipermail/uosenateexec/attachments/20210415/43205d5f/attachment-0002.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Draft Discrimination and Retaliation Policy[1][2][3].docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 66776 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.uoregon.edu/pipermail/uosenateexec/attachments/20210415/43205d5f/attachment-0001.docx>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.uoregon.edu/pipermail/uosenateexec/attachments/20210415/43205d5f/attachment-0003.html>