It is the policy of SYSTRA to ensure and provide equal opportunity for all persons employed by or seeking employment with the Company, without regard to their race, creed, color, citizenship status, national origin/ancestry, age, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, gender, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disabilities (as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act), veteran status, political affiliation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other factor protected by law.
This policy extends to the employment relationship and all areas of personnel actions including, but not limited to selection, recruitment, recruitment advertising and/or other communications media, job referrals, hiring, salary and other compensation, benefits, overtime, job classifications and assignments, training, work conditions, terms of employment, apprenticeship and training programs, union membership, promotions, transfers, demotions, layoffs or terminations, recalls, disciplinary and other employee treatment, Company sponsored recreational activities, facilities, and all other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or in retaliation for filing a complaint, participating or testifying in any proceedings or for opposing any acts forbidden under the laws of any state.
The Company will make every effort to provide all employees and applicants with a work environment free of hostility and any type of harassment. To this end, sexual or other harassment of any kind of an employee and/or applicant is prohibited. Retaliation against any employee or applicant for filing a discrimination charge or any type of complaint is similarly prohibited. Employees are encouraged to report any complaints regarding harassment to their supervisor or the Company's Human Resources Representative, or to the President.