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Former HRIC vice chair urges town to act after workplace investigation found 'systemic issues' but no harassment finding
Summary
Shilpa Jacobi, a former co‑vice chair of the Town of Danvers Human Rights and Inclusion Committee, told the committee she filed a harassment report this year and that a subsequent investigator’s report found systemic issues but did not classify coworkers’ conduct as legal harassment; she said recommended cultural‑competence training has not occurred and urged accountability.
Shilpa Jacobi, a former co‑vice chair of the Town of Danvers Human Rights and Inclusion Committee, told members on Nov. 20 that she filed a harassment report in March about repeated put‑downs and actions she said made daily work life harmful.
Jacobi described an investigative process that began in May and produced a completed report in July. Quoting excerpts she said were from the investigator’s findings, Jacobi read: “Although calling a colleague truculent or pugnacious is certainly impolite, there is no evidence that these terms implicated your membership in a protected category, and therefore they do…
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