Sexual Harassment in the VA Workplace and VA Health Care for Women Veterans: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, September 17, 1992 |
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Page 128 - When I remember all The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed.
Page 17 - It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Page 237 - Until a thorough assessment of the problem is undertaken, it is unrealistic to expect women to use a faculty that does not meet their needs. Part time coordinators could be used in the facilities, until the women veterans population increases, provided they are given ample time away from their other duties to attend to their duties as a women veterans coordinator. Women veterans report they are unable to access the coordinator in many facilities because she is managing a full time assignment within...
Page 192 - ... The WWES includes items that specifically explore issues of sexual harassment and abuse. Under the umbrella of the National Center's Women Veterans' Consortium both inpatient (Palo Alto) and outpatient (Boston and White River Junction) programs for women veterans with post-traumatic stress has -8been inaugurated this year. It is expected that this program will assist the Women Veterans' Consortium in the development of treatment modalities focused specifically on women. We are confident that...
Page 225 - ... harassment even when harassers do not realize that their conduct creates a hostile working environment. Well-intentioned compliments by co-workers or supervisors can form the basis of a sexual harassment cause of action if a reasonable victim of the same sex as the plaintiff would consider the comments sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter a condition of employment and create an abusive working environment. That is because Title VII is not a fault-based tort scheme. 'Title VII is aimed at...
Page 79 - CERL and the outside, worked in developing these systems. The judgments expressed in this paper, however, are solely those of the writers and should not be viewed as the position of either the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. The continued assistance and support provided by LR Shaffer and JE Hays of CERL are gratefully acknowledged. APPENDIX. — REFERENCES 1.
Page 189 - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) , Department of Defense (DOD) , and the Department of Labor (DOL) actively conduct Transition Assistance Programs for separating or retiring service members. During the regular transition assistance process there generally is time set aside for all veterans to consult with a Veterans Benefits Counselor concerning individual questions and issues they may have concerning VA benefits and their military service/medical records. It would be in such private sessions...
Page 151 - ... between current symptoms and an In-service Stressor; and credible supporting evidence that the claimed inservice Stressor occurred. If the evidence establishes that the veteran engaged in combat with the enemy and the claimed stressor is related to that combat, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, and provided that the claimed stressor is consistent with the circumstances, conditions, or hardships of the veteran's service, the veteran's lay testimony alone may establish...
Page 162 - The essential feature of this disorder is the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event that is outside the range of usual human experience (ie, outside the range of such common experiences as simple bereavement, chronic illness, business losses, and marital conflict).
Page 234 - ... Regional Offices. However, the coordinators serve this role on a part time basis, in addition to their regular work assignments, making it difficult for women veterans to access the coordinator at the time they need the service. A 1989 survey showed that 90 of the 150 DVA medical facilities responding now have women's clinics offering gynecologic care as well as preventive health and counseling services.