Employee Reporting Responsibilities
Reporting Protected Class Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
All employees of the College are designated as responsible employees (excluding confidential counselors when in their counseling role) required to make reports to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Programs when they receive information that a student or employee has experienced discrimination or harassment, as defined by college policy. Examples of disclosures that would require a report to be made include:
- Protected class discrimination or harassment - submit a Discrimination Incident report.
- Sexual harassment: quid pro quo, hostile environment (based on sex), sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking - submit a Title IX report.
Employees should enter a report through the College's online incident reporting system, or by contacting the Director using one of the methods listed above.
Mandatory Reporting of Child or Vulnerable Adult Abuse and Neglect
Additionally, ALL employees, including student and confidential employees, are required to report child or vulnerable adult abuse at the first opportunity and never later than 48 hours after the employee has reasonable cause to believe that a child or vulnerable adult has suffered abuse or neglect. Reports of child or vulnerable adult abuse and neglect should be made to the appropriate state agency through either Washington State's 24-hour hotline at 1-866-ENDHARM (1-866-363-4276), the Child Protective Services (CPS) website, or the Adult Protective Services Reporting Page. Employees are also required to provide a summary of reported information to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Programs or the Vice President of Human Resources and Compliance by phone, email, in-person or by using the mandatory child abuse reporting form after a report is made.
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Child Abuse and Neglect - report directly to Child Protective Services (CPS)
, then submit a report summary to the college.
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Vulnerable Adult Abuse and Neglect - report directly to Adult Protective Services (APS)
, then submit a report summary to the college.