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College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Management provides employees with a wealth
of information, tips, and resources. Emergency
Management works tirelessly to help ensure
campus is prepared to deal with emergent
situations and their aftermaths. Check out its
website or follow UF Public Safety on Facebook
and Twitter (@UFPublicSafety).
aPro TiP: UF’s Department of
Emergency Management has a great section of
its website called “Take Action” that contains
detailed information about how to prepare for
and respond to all kinds of situations. Take a
few minutes to check it out. This is important
not just for when you are at work, but a lot of
the information is just as helpful in staying safe
away from work. We want you safe at all times,
not just when you’re on the clock!
Title IX Compliance
Part of being an institution of higher education
means complying with certain federal laws
and regulations. Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (often referred to simply
as “Title IX”) is on that list.
Title IX legally prohibits public universities,
including UF, from denying students and
employees the benefits of, or subjecting them
to discrimination under, any educational
program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance on the basis of sex. UF’s Office of
Title IX Compliance investigates allegations
of Title IX violations and ensures UF complies
with this law. To be clear, committing an act
of sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual
assault, etc. within the UF community is wholly
unacceptable.
Although many Title IX complaints involve
students, sometimes employees are found to
have engaged in misconduct or been subject
to inappropriate acts. Simply put, this type of
misconduct should not happen—ever. For more
information about repercussions for employees
engaging in such misconduct, see Chapter 7 of
this handbook.
Who is required to report suspected Title IX
violations? The responsibility for reporting
incidents of sexual harassment rests with
each of us. Any employee or student who has
knowledge of sexual harassment is strongly
encouraged to promptly report it to the Office
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