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Anti-Harassment Program

About

The Anti-Harassment Program addresses workplace harassment including, but not limited to the following categories: unwanted physical contact; offensive jokes; epithets or name-calling; ridicule or mockery; insults or put-downs; displays of offensive objects or imagery; offensive non-verbal gestures; stereotyping; intimidating acts; veiled threats of violence; threatening or provoking remarks; racial or other slurs; hazing; bullying;  and derogatory remarks about a person's accent or disability.

Anti-Harassment Program

reporting venues

  • Reporting Venues

    Civilian employees experiencing or witnessing Bullying or Harassment:
    Anti-Harassment Office, Resource Advocacy
    937-904-0978

    All Civilian and Military cases of Unlawful Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Unlawful Discrimination to include Military Bullying and Hazing:
    Equal Opportunity Office
    937-257-2789

    Sexual Assault:
    Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR)
    937-257-7272

    Reports of a Criminal Nature:
    Office of Special Investigations (OSI)

    937-257-4660

    Fraud, Waste, and Abuse or other violations of law or policy:
    Inspector General (IG)
    937-656-2438

    Breaches in Employee Bargaining Agreement:
    Union
    937-259-8835/8836

Equal Opportunity Process

  • Designed to make individuals whole for discrimination that already has occurred

  • Prevent the recurrence of the unlawful discriminatory conduct

  • Cannot require an agency to discipline its employees

  • Agency must complete its investigation within 180 days

  • Limited to nine EEO protected bases

  • No third-party reporting

  • Must meet regulatory time limits; reported in 45 days

Anti-Harassment Process

  • Intended to take immediate and appropriate corrective action to eradicate harassment, which may include the use of disciplinary actions for a FAST process

  • Prevent harassing conduct before it can become “severe or pervasive”

  • Inquiries must take place immediately and be completed within a reasonable period of time

  • Includes matters beyond EEO protected bases

  • Third-party complaints allowed

  • Not restricted by time limitations

Examples of Harassment

  • Unwanted Physical Contact

  • Offensive Jokes

  • Epithets/ Name-calling

  • Ridicule/ Mockery

  • Insults/ Put-downs

  • Displaying offensive objects or imagery

  • Offensive gestures

  • Stereotyping

  • Intimidating Acts

  • Veiled Threats of Violence

  • Threatening or provoking   gestures

  • Racial or other slurs

  • Derogatory remarks about a person’s accent or disability

  • Displays of racially offensive symbols

  • Hazing

  • Bullying

  • Microaggressions

Behavior That Is Not Harassment

  • Activities or actions undertaken for a proper military or governmental purpose, such as combat survival training, assignment of work related to the duties and responsibilities of the employee, and performance counseling, are not harassing behaviors. (DoDI1020.04 para 3.4)
  • Similarly, an occasional misunderstanding between employees due to differences in how they communicate is not necessarily harassment, even if it makes one or both employees uncomfortable. (DAFI 36-147)
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Contact Us

P: 937-904-0978
E: 88ABW.EOR.WORKFLOW@US.AF.MIL
Address:
Building 219
5030 Pearson Rd., Area A
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
 

Anti-Harassment Program Team

Program Manager:
Mr. Gary Sapp
Specialist:
Ms. Randi Andersen

Resources