§ 5-33 Disciplinary Sanctions for Staff.
RCNY § 5-33
(a)Department and CHA staff shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions up to and including termination for violating agency sexual abuse or sexual harassment policies.
(b)Termination shall be the presumptive disciplinary sanction for Department and CHA staff who have engaged in sexual abuse.
(c)Disciplinary sanctions for violations of Department and CHA policies relating to sexual abuse or sexual harassment (other than actually engaging in sexual abuse) shall be commensurate with the nature and circumstances of the acts committed, the staff member's disciplinary history, and the sanctions imposed for comparable offenses by other staff with similar histories.
(d)All terminations for violations of Department and CHA sexual abuse or sexual harassment policies, or resignations by staff who would have been terminated if not for their resignation, shall be reported to law enforcement agencies, unless the activity was clearly not criminal, and to any relevant licensing bodies. (Added City Record 11/25/2016, eff. 1/2/2017)
