PHILADELPHIA SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS & LAWYERS

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What Are the Two Forms of Sexual Harassment?

Sexual harassment is a type of discrimination and therefore is illegal. The law distinguishes two different kinds of sexual harassment:

Quid Pro Quo (the Latin translation meaning this for that): This kind of sexual harassment is when a person in a commanding position, such as a supervisor, manager or owner request sexual favors from an employee in exchange for some other employment related benefit. The benefit can be a raise, promotion, withholding a raise or promotion or even threatening to fire the employee unless they comply.

Hostile Work Environment: This kind of sexual harassment is when an co-worker or supervisor or non-employee agent for the company (Delivery Person, Vendor) displays behavior inappropriately sexually based behavior. This behavior alters the normal conditions of the employee’s working environment and creates an abusive or hostile working environment. The Philadelphia sexual harassment lawyers at the Derek T. Smith Law Group are the Top Rated sexual harassment attorneys in Philadelphia, having represented employees in thousands of hostile working environment sexual harassment case.