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Morgan Stanley > Gender Discrimination > Consent Decree > Policies

Section 12: Policies

37. EEOC has reviewed and approved the following Morgan Stanley policies and procedures: (i) Code of Conduct section on Notification of Litigation, Investigations, Inquiries and Complaints, (ii) Anti-Harassment Policy, (iii) IED Complaint Process; Sex-Discrimination, (iv) Business Entertainment and Expense Reimbursement policies, (v) IED Policy on Assignments, (vi) promotion Policy and (vii) Paid parental Leave Policy. These policies shall become effective and shall be posted on the IED website no later than 30 days after the entry of this Consent Decree and shall take precedence over any other related policies. A copy of the policies are incorporated by reference herein and attached hereto in relevant parts as Appendix B.

38. All releases sought by Morgan Stanley in conjunction with a Covered Employee's separation of employment or settlement of employment discrimination claims shall include the following language in a section entitled "Exceptions": This agreement does not (i) prohibit or restrict you from communicating, providing relevant information to or otherwise cooperating with EEOC or any other governmental authority with responsibility for the administration of fair employment practices laws regarding a possible violation of such laws or responding to any inquiry from such authority, including an inquiry about the existence of this Agreement or its underlying facts, or (ii) require you to notify Morgan Stanley of such communication or inquiry, or (iii) preclude you from benefiting from classwise injunctive relief awarded in any fair employment practices case brought by any governmental agency, provided such relief does not result in your receipt of any monetary benefit or substantial equivalent thereof.

39. If Morgan Stanley seeks to revise any of these policies and the revision in any way implicates anti-discrimination concerns, it shall submit the proposed revisions to EEOC for its comments. Comments shall be made within 30 days after the receipt of the proposed revisions. Every four months from the date of the entry of this Consent Decree, Morgan Stanley shall submit to EEOC the current versions of all the policies set forth in paragraph 35 in a manner that highlights any changes thereto. If EEOC determines that Morgan Stanley has modified a policy without its consent in a way that implicates anti-discrimination concerns, it may ask Morgan Stanley to revise the policy, and if the issue is not resolved within 20 days seek relief from the Court.