Employee Reporting Responsibilities

Reporting Protected Class Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, or Retaliation

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, sexual harassment, or retaliation, as defined by college policy. Examples of disclosures that would require a report to be made include:

  • Protected class discrimination, harassment, or retaliation - submit a Discrimination Incident report.
  • Sexual harassment: retalitiation, 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.

Reporting Hazing

All employees of the College are designated as responsible employees (excluding confidential counselors when in their counseling role) required to make reports when they receive information that a student may have experienced hazing. Reports of hazing should be made through the college's online incident reporting page using the Student Conduct report form, or by contacting the Director of Student Well-Being and Community Standards.

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 Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) website, or the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) webpage. 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 online incident reporting system after a report is made.