This type of harassment occurs when one employee makes unwelcome sexual advances requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature towards another employee and when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individuals employment unreasonably interferes with an individuals work performance or creates an intimidating hostile or offensive work environment. A practical guide to dealing with sexual harassment from annoying behavior to physical abuse this newly revised third edition identifies harassment and gives specific strategies for ending it also includes an expanded discussion of same sex harassment and harassment of men covers the most recent cases and legal developments and provides the most current information on available resources . Sexual harassment on the job what it is how to stop it 3rd ed petrocelli william repa barbara kate 9780873374033 amazoncom books. What is sexual harassment its important to first know what legally constitutes sexual harassment so you can identify if a colleague has acted in such a way it can be defined as any unwelcome sexual advance or any sexual conduct on the job that creates a hostile intimidating and or offensive workplace. Recognize sexual harassment at work under title vii sexual harassment tends to fall into two categories quid pro quo and hostile environment quid pro quo is when you are expected to tolerate sexual harassment in return for a promotion and assignment or just to keep your job