Facebook is making public its internal sexual harassment policy, including a strongly worded clause that protects employees who report misconduct.
The social media company is offering its U.S. policy as a model for its Silicon Valley neighbors. It extends to work-related social events, off-sites and client events. It includes mandatory sexual harassment training for managers and outlines an investigation process that protects employees from adverse consequences. One clause says that employees can be fired if they retaliate against a co-worker who makes a harassment claim.
“We’re very vocal with our community that if there is a hint of something, we want you to come to the resources we have with our human resources team, investigations or legal team for people to weigh into this and do something about this,” Maxine Williams, Facebook’s global director of diversity, told Bloomberg News in an interview on Tuesday.
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