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VA » Office of Resolution Management » Harassment Prevention Program

Office of Resolution Management

Harassment Prevention Program

The Harassment Prevention Program (HPP) is an enterprise-wide department within the Office of Resolution Management (ORM). We provide centralized tracking, monitoring and reporting processes to proactively respond to allegations of harassment, whether or not accompanied by an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) basis. We will report harassment allegations to VA leadership in order to ensure that prompt corrective measures are taken to decrease harassing behavior in the workplace. The HPP is responsible for providing education and awareness training on the harassment program.

What is Harassment?

Harassment is any unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct based on race, color, national origin, religion, age (40 and above), sex , disability, genetic information, or reprisal for prior EEO activity. Harassment becomes unlawful where:

Enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, or
Conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive

Note: The conduct must be unwelcome, therefore, the perspective of the recipient – i.e., the person subjected to the behavior or the person witnessing the behavior—as to whether the behavior is viewed as offensive, demeaning, or hostile is a primary consideration in determining whether the behavior constitutes harassing conduct.

Contact HPP at 1-888-56-NEW VA (1-888-566-3982) Option 3 from 8am - 4:30pm in all time zones.

HPP Program

The Harassment Prevention Program is an enterprise-wide department within the Office of Resolution Management. We provide centralized tracking, monitoring and reporting processes to proactively respond to allegations of harassment, whether or not accompanied by an EEO basis. We will report harassment allegations to VA leadership in order to ensure that prompt corrective measures are taken to decrease harassing behavior in the workplace. The HPP is responsible for providing education and awareness training on the harassment program.

If you feel safe and comfortable doing so, tell the individual engaging in the inappropriate or harassing conduct that their actions are unwelcomed and must stop.
If their behavior continues or you do not feel comfortable addressing the individual directly, please report the matter through one of the following channels:
1. Your immediate supervisor, provided they are not involved in the alleged harassing conduct.
2. Another supervisor or management official, if your immediate supervisor is the subject of the complaint.
3. The Harassment Prevention Coordinator (HPC).
4. The HPP Office at 1-888-566-3982, Option 3. HPP will track and monitor allegations through the centralized database.
5. The supervisor of the employee engaging in the inappropriate or harassing conduct.

All reports should be treated with the utmost confidentiality and seriousness in accordance with VA policy.

The EEO process is designed to make individuals whole for discrimination that has already occurred through damage awards and equitable relief paid by the agency, and to prevent the recurrence of the unlawful discriminatory conduct. However, the EEO process cannot require an agency to discipline its employees. The HPP requires that immediate and appropriate corrective actions are taken to eliminate harassing conduct regardless of whether the conduct violated the law or whether an employee pursues an EEO complaint. The HPP will solely focus on taking whatever action is necessary to promptly bring the harassment to an end, or to prevent it from occurring at all.