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COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ANNUAL REPORT, 1984-85 Page 4 008 The Task Force ends the year having decided to send its recommenda- tions to government units urging them to be model employers by adopting a flexible benefit approach. Pursuant to this decision, a letter was sent to our legislative delegation endorsing Senator Lure Tally's bill to create - a commission to study flexible benefits for state employees. The Task Force will draft its report in July and be ready to report to the Commission and the County Commissioners by September. JobTrair 'ship. Claudine Harris and Alice Holt served as co-chairs • of the study committee to review JTPA services to Orange County. Serving on the committee were Dana Baldwin, Ann McPherson, Elaine Parker and Bettye Clark. The Committee educated itself on JTPA through several means. JTPA staff were invited to speak at two regular Commission meetings, documents such as the local consortium agreement and articles reviewing the law were studied, meetings of the Private Industry Council were attended, and training sites were visited. In addition, staff and PIC members were interviewed. Laura Yost, a ZINC intern with the Women's Studies Program, collected and assisted to analyze census and program data. She presented an interim report to the Commission in May, 1985. Commission coordinator Verla Insko directed the project, supervised the data analysis, and drafted the final report which was adopted by the Commission at its June, 1985 meeting. The study showed women are being underserved in several ways. Women . continue to be trained and placed in low paying traditional positions. Women were underrepresented in on-the-job training and direct placement position courses. A formal presentation will be made to the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Private Industry Council in August. (See files for copy of report.) Sexual Harassment Policy. In late fall, the Commission became aware of concerns shared by several women in the Chapel Hill Police Department about on the job sexual harassment. An ad hoc committee was formed to collect information on model personnel policies relating to sexual harass- ment. In January; the Committee drafted a resolution to the Chapel Hill Town Council requesting a review of the town's policy and of the practices in the police department. Verla Insko and Dana Baldwin met with Pat Crotts, Personnel Director for the town of Chapel Hill. They also conferred with town attorney Granger Barrett and Orange County attorney Geoff Gledhill. Several outcomes resulted from the project as follows: (1) Chapel Hill revised its policy on sexual harassment and included information supplied by the Commission; (2) Orange County's policy on sexual harassment was reviewed and commented on; (3) letters were sent to other municipalities requesting information on their sexual harassment policies (the town of Hillsborough responded seeking assistance and information); and (4) a sexual harassment prevention workshop was included in the 1985-86 budget request. _ . _