The Mexican Cultural Center is dedicated to the principals of equal employment opportunity in any term condition, or privilege of employment.

The Mexican Cultural Center shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services or any other status protected by state official law. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

The Mexican Cultural Center is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

The Mexican Cultural center will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result I an undue hardship to the Mexican Cultural Center. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.

Definition of Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is a behavior of a sexual nature that is unwelcome and offensive to the person or persons towards whom it is targeted. Examples of harassing behavior may include unwanted physical contact, foul language of an offensive sexual nature, sexual propositions, sexual jokes or remarks, obscene gestures and displays of pornographic or sexually explicit pictures, drawings, or caricatures. Use of the employer’s computer system for the purpose of viewing, displaying, or disseminating material that is sexual in nature may also constitute harassing behavior.

This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, coworkers and non employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.

Revised and Adopted by the Board of Directors on October 26, 2015.