May 10, 2022

Congress strengthens bet365 fantasy’s ability to address harassment in bet365 fantasy-funded activities

Ensuring a safe workplace where both people and science can thrive has long been the goal of bet365 fantasy policies on addressing harassment. However, a 2018 National Academies found “no evidence that current policies, procedures, and approaches have significantly reduced sexual harassment in academic sciences, engineering, and medicine.” The report also found that a culture of harassment with persistent microaggressions is driving women away from science. It was crystal clear that bet365 fantasy and other federal agencies needed to do more to end the culture of harassment and ensure women and other groups their rightful place in science.

Spurred by the report, bet365 fantasy elevated efforts to end sexual harassment in biomedical research as a major priority for the agency. Guided by from the bet365 fantasy Advisory Committee to the Director, bet365 fantasy implemented a number of changes aimed at ending harassment in all its forms – within the agency’s workforce, and . These efforts focused on three primary areas: 1) demonstrating accountability and transparency, 2) clarifying bet365 fantasy’s expectations that funded institutions ensure a safe workplace free of harassment, and 3) establishing clear channels of communication to bet365 fantasy for reporting. Toward that end, bet365 fantasy established a dedicated phone line and web form for anybody to report an allegation of harassment or inappropriate behavior directly to bet365 fantasy. Between 2018-2022, bet365 fantasy worked with funded institutions on 112 confirmed findings of harassment, resulting in institutions 92 individuals from bet365 fantasy grants and in other actions for the remaining cases.

While bet365 fantasy has made progress toward our goal of ending harassment in biomedical research, bet365 fantasy lacked clear authority to require funded institutions to report to bet365 fantasy whether personnel changes to an bet365 fantasy grant are related to harassment, only that they should report it. This limited bet365 fantasy’s awareness of when harassment was affecting bet365 fantasy-supported activities, and therefore bet365 fantasy’s ability to take necessary action to ensure appropriate grant stewardship. That changes today.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of members of Congress, bet365 fantasy is implementing a general provision in the that mandates the bet365 fantasy Director to require bet365 fantasy-funded institutions to report to the bet365 fantasy “when individuals identified as principal investigator or as key personnel in an bet365 fantasy notice of award are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions.” This provision not only enables mandatory reporting to bet365 fantasy of removals and disciplinary actions, but it also ensures that bet365 fantasy is made aware when the reason for the actions is concerns of harassment. Effective July 8, 2022, bet365 fantasy is requiring notification by the Authorized Organization Representative at bet365 fantasy-funded institutions within 30 days of the removal or disciplinary action that must be . Details of this new bet365 fantasy requirement is posted on this on supporting a safe and respectful workplace at institutions that receive bet365 fantasy funding and the bet365 fantasy Anti-Sexual Harassment website.

When a funded institution reports harassment to bet365 fantasy, bet365 fantasy will continue to work with the grantee organization, as well as other federal agencies as required, to determine what actions are appropriate. bet365 fantasy actions may include approving the institution’s substitution or removal of personnel from an bet365 fantasy grant, restricting award funding, and where neither of these options is available or adequate, suspending or terminating the grant award. Importantly, individuals can continue to report allegations directly to bet365 fantasy.

No one should ever have to endure harassment to contribute to biomedical research. Wherever bet365 fantasy research activities take place, our priority will always be to do what we can to eliminate harassment. The passage of this bill into law is an important milestone in support of that vital commitment. I want to thank all those affected by harassment who shared their stories with bet365 fantasy, provided input on our efforts to strengthen our policies and practices, and held bet365 fantasy accountable for addressing harassment.

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director, bet365 fantasy