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Rights and Responsibilities: Incident Personnel Policies and Behavior

Learn about human and civil rights policies for incident personnel, how to file complaints, and consequences of inappropriate behavior. Understand laws and regulations to ensure a discrimination-free work environment.

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Rights and Responsibilities: Incident Personnel Policies and Behavior

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  2. Objectives • Identify appropriate human and civil rights policies that apply to incident personnel. Interpret the policies and apply them to situations that might occur on incidents. • Identify the avenues available to employees to exercise their right to file a formal complaint or grievance. • Define appropriate incident behavior and incident personnel responsibilities in adherence to appropriate behavior and identify consequences for failure to abide by appropriate behavior.

  3. Rights of Incident Personnel • Incident personnel have the right to work in a discrimination and harassment free work environment

  4. Federal Discrimination Regulations • 29 CFR § 1614.101-EEO • Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 • The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 • Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  5. Policies • Host Agency Policy • Home Agency Policy • Host Unit Policy • Incident Policy

  6. Federal Laws that Prohibit Sexual Harassment 29 CFR §1604.11- Sexual Harassment

  7. Attempt to implement Admin, EEO, Union, or Title VI complaint processes yourself DO NOT: Coordinate and facilitate the referral players.

  8. EEO • Admin • Title VI • Union Avenues for Employee Complaints or Grievances Decision to File

  9. Responsibilities of Incident Personnel • Appropriate Incident Behavior • Know current civil rights and sexual harassment prevention policies, laws, and regulations • Abide by those policies, laws, and regulations • Report violations to appropriate management officials

  10. Continued… • Incident Management/HRSP Responsibility • Mutual Respect

  11. Effects of Inappropriate Incident Behavior • Disruptive and counterproductive • Dangerous • Two categories • Work behavior • Social behavior

  12. Work Behavior POSITIVE: • Teamwork • Cooperation • Communicating with others clearly and respectfully if conflict or differences of opinion occur NEGATIVE: • Failure to follow instructions • Failure to cooperate • Failure to communicate effectively

  13. Social Behavior POSITIVE: • Showing interest and caring in someone as a person • Discussing common interest such as family, sports, hobbies, etc. NEGATIVE: • Put down humor • Arguing and fighting • Inappropriate joking and teasing • Quick temper

  14. Consequences of Inappropriate Incident Behavior • Written or oral direction from a supervisor. • Written or oral warnings by a supervisor or the IC. • Removal from the incident by IC on major violations.

  15. Review • Everyone has the right • Appropriate human rights policies • Employee avenues to file formal

  16. Objectives • Identify appropriate human and civil rights policies that apply to incident personnel. Interpret the policies and apply them to situations that might occur on incidents. • Identify the avenues available to employees to exercise their right to file a formal complaint or grievance. • Define appropriate incident behavior and incident personnel responsibilities in adherence to appropriate behavior and identify consequences for failure to abide by appropriate behavior.

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