Report 2021-104 Recommendation 5 Responses

Report 2021-104: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: Its Leadership Has Failed to Promote Transparency or Ensure a Fair and Equitable Workplace (Release Date: April 2022)

Recommendation #5 To: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

To ensure that it has effective and up-to-date policies on related personnel matters, by October 2022 MWD should review and update its sexual harassment policy as needed and develop an official policy defining and prohibiting abusive conduct.

6-Month Agency Response

Metropolitan reviewed and updated its sexual harassment policy (Policy H-13) and its abusive conduct & workplace violence prevention policy (Policy H-04).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

MWD provided an updated version of its workplace violence prevention policy that defines and prohibits abusive conduct.

60-Day Agency Response

Metropolitan reviewed and updated its sexual harassment policy (Policy H-13) which is fully implemented. Based on feedback from its bargaining units, abusive conduct will be a separate operating policy, rather than being included in the EEO or Sexual Harassment policy. The abusive conduct policy is currently in development.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2021-104

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.