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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 07:33 PM Jan 2018

As reports of sexual harassment spike, Wyoming's Legislature looks to rewrite policy

In 2002, the Legislature created its first policy barring sexual harassment, giving employees a formal mechanism to report inappropriate behavior.

But for six years, none did.

Not a single report or complaint was filed under the sexual harassment policy until 2008, according to records maintained by Legislative Service Office.

A second report was filed in 2010, and one more the next year. A four-year gap followed until a complaint was filed in 2016.

Three were submitted last year and in the first three weeks of 2018, two complaints have already been filed.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/as-reports-of-sexual-harassment-spike-wyoming-s-legislature-looks/article_69ba6a37-7f84-54ad-a987-37c382da9b29.html

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