Bryant: Sexual discrimination will not be tolerated
Governor Phil Bryant says it's time for sexist behavior in state agencies to stop.
In a recent interview with The Clarion-Ledger, Bryant was livid about two recent cases within the Department of Public Safety in which settlements were paid out for sexual harassment and sexual discrimination.
"It stops here. It’ll stop at this office going forward with all executive agencies, with any power and influence I have over other agencies that are in the state," he said. "We have to take responsibility if things are going wrong and obviously there are things that have gone wrong, and what I can do now is help remedy those, but make sure people understand this better not happen again. And I think they’ve got that message. If they have not you’ll see some career-altering decisions that will be made."
In order to screen, detect, and correct behaviors and attitudes that could lead to sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace in the wake of the sexual discrimination settlement with the Department of Homeland Security and a sexual harassment settlement by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the state is developing an online test engineered by Deanne Mosley, chairwoman of the Mississippi State Personnel Board. It isn't up yet, Bryant said, but he hopes to have it running sooner rather than later.
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