Definition
Harassment (Ro:, Fr:., Czech: obtěžování) (See also: discrimination, bullying, victimization) = generally defined as a course of conduct which annoys, threatens, intimidates, alarms, or puts a person in fear of safety. Harassment is the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted, unwelcomed behavior that threatens one party or a group and results in a hostile environment. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors.
Useful resources
Legislation
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/section/1 - United Kingdom Protection from Harassment Act 1997 [English]
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1997/0092/latest/DLM417078.html - New Zealand Harassment Act 1997 [English]
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;page=0;query=DocId%3A07275b05-417a-4de5-a316-4c15606a2b8d%20Depth%3A0%20Status%3Ainforce;rec=0 - Singapore Protection from Harassment Act, 2015 [English]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:269:0015:0020:EN:PDF - The Directive 2002/73/EC [English]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:204:0023:0036:en:PDF – The Directive 2006/54/EC [English]
https://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/STANDARDSETTING/EQUALITY/03themes/violence-against-women/Conv_VAW_en.pdf - Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence [English]
Case law
http://www.bullyonline.org/action/caselaw.htm - list of cases in United Kingdom
Strathclyde Regional Council v. Porcelli [1986] IRLR 134 - http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Strathclyde%20Regional%20Council%20v%20Porcelli.pdf
Sheridan v. Arun Estate Agencies of Chatham, Kent [2000] - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/woman-who-waited-six-years-to-sue-wins-sex-harassment-case-710718.html
Majrowski v. Guy’s and St. Thomas NHs Trust [2005] - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/jd060712/majro.pdf
Fogarty v. United Kingdom [2001] - http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Fogarty%20v.%20UK.pdf
Online publications
https://books.google.cz/books?id=ym-A3NfQ7DEC&dq=harassment+case+law+eu&hl=cs&source=gbs_navlinks_s - Landau, E., C. and Beigbeder, Y., 2008, From ILO Standards to EU Law: The Case of Equality Between Men and Women at Work, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1649&context=fss_papers - Whitman, J. Q. and Friedman, G. S., 2003, The European Transformation of Harassment Law, Faculty Scholarship Series
http://www.csuchico.edu/mgmt/gomes/EmployeeRelations.pdf - Glenn M. G., Owens J. M. and Morgan J. F., 2004, Prohibiting sexual harassment in the European Union, An unfinished public policy agenda, Department of Management, College of Business, California State University
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/pdf/shworkpl.pdf - European Commission, 1998, Sexual harassment in the workplace in the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/files/your_rights/final_harassement_en.pdf - European Commission, 2011, Harassment related to Sex and Sexual Harassment Law in 33 European Countries, Discrimination versus Dignity
Publications
Paludi M. A., Barickman R. B., 1991, Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Resource Manual, SUNY Press
Hell H., Haines R., 1997, Discrimination, Harassment, and the Failure of Diversity Training: What to Do Now, Greenwood Publishing Group
Boland M. L., 2002, Sexual Harrasment: Your Guide to Legal Action, SphinxLegal
Weizer P. I., 2000, The Supreme Court and Sexual Harassment: Preventing Harassment While Preserving Free Speech, Lexington Books
Dyke D., Pam R., 1992, Overview of State and Federal Law on Sexual Harassment, DIANE Publishing