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Fraud is broadly defined and may include any type of intentional deception for the purpose of personal or
<br />business gain or damage to an individual or organization. Examples of fraud include lying on an employment
<br />application, falsifying records, or providing false receipts for reimbursement from the City of La Porte. City
<br />Employees, City contractors, and members of City Council are expressly prohibited from committing any form
<br />of Fraud.
<br />Employees must be good stewards of resources entrusted to them and exercise due diligence to prevent and detect
<br />criminal conduct and non-compliance with laws and policies. Fraud, waste, abuse, or non-compliance will be
<br />reported to an appropriate supervisor or manager. Engaging in acts of fraud may result in disciplinary action as
<br />well as civil and/or criminal liability.
<br />Equal Opportunity Employment:
<br />The City of La Porte maintains policies and practices of Equal Employment Opportunities for all
<br />applicants and employees. The City does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national
<br />origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status.
<br />This policy applies to all areas of employment including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion,
<br />retention, compensation, benefits, transfer, and discipline. Any incident of discrimination should be reported to
<br />the employee's supervisor, division manager, department director, or human resources.
<br />Human Resources is responsible for investigating any and all matters related to alleged discrimination.
<br />Discrimination has no place at the City of La Porte and will not be tolerated.
<br />Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct:
<br />All City employees are entitled to a workplace free of unlawful harassment by management,
<br />supervisors, co-workers, citizens, and vendors. City employees are also prohibited from harassing citizens,
<br />vendors, and all other third parties.
<br />Sexual Harassment - One form of unlawful discrimination is sexual harassment. Unwelcome
<br />sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual
<br />nature constitutes sexual harassment when:
<br />submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's
<br />employment, or
<br />submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment decisions
<br />affecting such individual, or
<br />such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work
<br />performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
<br />Sexual harassment may include sexual advances, sexual solicitation, request for sexual favors, or other verbal or
<br />physical conduct of a sexual nature.
<br />Other Prohibited Harassment - In addition to the City's prohibition against sexual harassment,
<br />harassment on the basis of any other legally protected characteristic is also strictly prohibited. This means that
<br />verbal or physical conduct that singles out, denigrates, or shows hostility or aversion toward someone because
<br />of race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by
<br />law is also prohibited. Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to, epithets, slurs and negative
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