This section describes workplace policies that apply to everyone at our company: employees, contractors, volunteers, vendors and stakeholders alike. These policies help us build a productive, lawful and pleasant workplace.

Harassment and Violence

To build a happy and productive workplace, we need everyone to treat others well and help them feel safe. Each of us should do our part to prevent harassment and workplace violence.

Workplace Harassment

Harassment is a broad term and may include seemingly harmless actions, like gossip. We can't create an exhaustive list, but here are some instances that we consider harassment:

• Sabotaging someone's work on purpose.
• Engaging in frequent or unwanted advances of any nature.
• Commenting derogatorily on a person's ethnic heritage or religious beliefs.
• Starting or spreading rumors about a person's personal life.
• Ridiculing someone in front of others or singling them out to perform tasks unrelated to their job against their will.

Sexual harassment is illegal and we will seriously investigate relevant reports. If an employee is found guilty of sexual harassment, they will be terminated.

If you're being harassed, whether by a colleague, customer or vendor, you can choose to talk to any of these people:

• Offenders. If you suspect that an offender doesn't realize they are guilty of harassment, you could talk to them directly in an effort to resolve the harassment. This tactic is appropriate for cases of minor harassment (e.g. inappropriate jokes between colleagues.) Avoid using this approach with customers or stakeholders, or for any instances of a serious nature.
• Your manager. If customers, stakeholders or team members are involved in your claim, or the claim is of a serious nature, reach out to your manager so they can assist.

Workplace Violence

Violence in our workplace is a serious form of harassment. It includes physical and sexual assault, destruction of property, threats to harm a person or property and verbal and psychological abuse. We want to avoid those incidents altogether, but we also want to be ready to respond if needed.

For this reason, we ask you to:

• Report to Management if you suspect or know that someone is being violent. Your report will be confidential and we will investigate the situation with discretion.
• Call the police if you witness incidents of severe physical violence (e.g. ones that involve a lethal weapon.) For your safety, avoid getting directly involved.
• If you are unable to call the police, there is a panic button beneath the POS behind the bar.