Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 13
Lawmakers, lobbyists get sexual harassment training
State Legislatures as an exam-
ple of a strong one, along with
Associated Press
those of Alabama, Hawaii,
SALEM (AP) — The Colorado and Maryland. A
intense national focus on legislative subcommittee in
sexual misconduct came to Alaska is looking at Oregon as
Oregon’s capital this week, a model as it considers how to
when lawmakers were given a rewrite that state’s guidelines.
training session on harassment
“Oregon has a lot of ele-
and how to report it.
ments that we consider a
For the first time, the train- strong policy should have,”
ing was also offered to execu- said Jonathan Griffin, a
tive branch employees, lob- policy analyst with the
byists and others who work National Conference of State
in the Capitol, said Senate Legislatures.
President Peter Courtney, a
The Oregon Legislature is
Democrat. Previously, it was considering making it even
required for legislators and stronger.
legislative employees.
Oregon’s policy describes
To accommodate the larger an informal reporting process,
crowd, the training was con- and a formal one. Retaliation
ducted on Tuesday inside the for making complaints is
main ballroom of the Salem prohibited.
Convention Center. The train-
“An appointing author-
ing was provided by lawyers ity or supervisor shall take
for the Legislature and its appropriate action to prevent,
director of human resources.
promptly correct and report
Sen. Arnie Roblan, a harassment about which the
Democrat from the coastal appointing authority or super-
city of Coos Bay, said through visor knew or, with the exer-
a spokeswoman that “these cise of reasonable care, should
trainings are critical, espe- have known,” the policy says.
cially for new members and/
An independent third party
or staff.”
will review the policies and
Oregon is one of at least 27 may suggest changes, said
states in the U.S. that requires Aaron Fiedler, communica-
lawmakers from both cham- tions director for the House
bers in legislatures to undergo Majority Office. That review
sexual harassment training. is awaiting the outcome of
Oregon’s policy on sexual an investigation of Sen. Jeff
harassment is highlighted by Kruse, a Republican from the
the National Conference of logging town of Roseburg,
By Andrew Selsky
Starts Friday
who has been accused by two
female senators of hugging
too closely, and of other inap-
propriate touching.
“We anticipate we will
learn a lot from what happens
with that process,” Fiedler
said.
Kruse, the only Oregon
lawmaker to be accused, has
denied inappropriate conduct.
Courtney removed the senator
from the committees he sits on
due to the accusations.
Courtney said it’s impor-
tant for the training to be held
regularly. In Oregon, it is
annual.
“As I said in my opening
remarks ... practice and rep-
etition help athletes perform
at a higher level on game day.
The best teams don’t take
days off,” Courtney said in
an email. “In the same way,
we provide this training every
year. It helps members of the
Capitol community treat each
other and the public with
respect.”
Rep. Julie Parrish, a
Republican representing a
district near Portland, said the
session this year had a big-
ger focus on how to report
harassment.
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