In pro wrestling, you shouldn’t be interested in that mindless cardio where your brain goes to a different place. No, you need to focus on your heart and lungs while also concentrating on stimulating your mind. This is a thinking mans sport, all the meat head spots are already taken!

The Pro Wrestlers cardio workout will be intense, but will begin slow. Start off with some basic forward and backward rolls, nothing major, just enough to kick start your heart beats per minute. (About 20 total will do).

The Forward roll. Make a fist in both hands, plant the flat part of your wrist on the mat, kick your feet over your head using the moment to get back to your feet. The backward roll. Start back pushing off your feet to a quick seated position, using the moment to roll back, planting your fist on the mat (protecting your neck) and coming back to your feet.

Next move on to quick core workouts. Push ups: 15 Military Push ups (Kaos Push ups) Straight form, body as flat and stiff as a board. Head up, and knock out the first 15, take a 15 count rest (in the perfect push up position) then move to 14, with a 14 count rest so on and so forth all the way down to 1. Now that you’ve at least broken a sweat. Move on to some Standing squats.

Squats: Minimum of 150. Legs shoulder width apart. Hands either on top of your head, cross your chest or your sides lifting them up (directly in front of you) on the squat down. Back straight, head up, and squat to a seated position, 150 times.

Now that your warmed up, time to start the muscle fatigue cardio. Submission Wrestling. Starting in standing position, the first man (or woman) steps into the squared circle, going 10 one minute rounds with a fresh opponent. (Doesn’t matter if you submit or win, everyone goes the full minute) 30 second rest between matches and first match is 3 minutes. (Total 11 rounds)

Now it’s time to bring it home. Just when you thought you gave all that you can give. Just when you thought you have nothing left in the tank. Just when you thinks it’s all over. This is the time that you have to dig down deep. Bring out your inner fighting spirit! When an every day Joe says I quit, that’s you kick it times 10! That never say die attitude. Bring out the fire that breathes inside. It’s time for the Universal Pro Wrestling sequence.

Start off by whipping your opponent off the ropes with a right handed Latigo (similar to an arm drag for the American Wrestling fans out there). Bypass his return charge to you. Follow up with a drop down and a quick leap frog. Try to blast your opponent with a vicious clothesline. Watch out, cause if he duck he may hit you with a devastating shoulder block. No worries, if he does, do your drop down, leap frog sequence and catch him with a big hiptoss. Cover (Pin) and repeat, 5 times. Switching roles (Doing both sides of this sequence counts as 1) Absorb each fall with your feet as much as possible, you want to take the least amount of damage as you can. And remember, only a trained Pro Wrestler can perform this task. This all done in 30 minutes time. You can’t beat this intense workout.

I was doing some research on another article concerning Nascar Pro Set racing cards of the 1990’s and an old thought came back about “border less” sports trading cards. Of course “Mothers Cookies” produced the first all border less cards as inserts into their cookie bags but they were just as stated, “Inserts” and not full trading card production runs. If I remember correctly Pro Set was the first to release border less trading cards in 1991 followed by Topps “Stadium Club”.

The Nascar racing season begins in late January and Major League baseball starts in early April. The Pro Set’s 1991 border less Nascar trading cards would be released weeks before the late January Nascar season start which means Topps would have had to scramble to redesign their Major League baseball cards to meet the early April baseball season start. Topps had approximately 1 month to make the changes. While Topps was scrambling to match Pro Set with the border less card design they created a premium set out of the border less design cards and called them Stadium Club.

Topps Stadium club baseball when released in 1991 was a huge hit mainly because the photography was much better than Pro Set’s. The superb glossy photography along with the border less design and a blended name strip made Stadium Club the card other card companies had to go with or lose sales.

The 1991 Pro Set photography on their first Nascar racing card set is dull and the name strip clashes with the photography so bad the card is ugly. Was this first Pro Set Nascar set the very first border less production set? Sure seems like it could be since Topps bent over backwards to copy the border less design and create a premium set before the 1991 baseball season began between January and April of 1991.

Back in the 1990’s the fight to be the top sports card seller was the thing with so many card manufacturers jumping into the market to make millions off of pictures. The losers of the fight faced debt’s in the hundreds of millions trying to push their cards into popularity. The winners live in million dollar mansions and the collector value of the past cards they created are becoming forever collectible.

Topps won out in the fight with the new Stadium Club brand of sports cards. Topps did not produce Nascar trading cards but both companies did produce Baseball, Football and Hockey which were their paydays. Between 1989 and 1991 Pro Set took millions away from rival sports card companies. Pro Set finally had to give way to Topps Stadium Club cards and shut down in 1994 facing a debt in the hundreds of millions. Topps took Pro Sets border less design and came out on, “Topp”.

Of course the economy took a downturn in 2008 that brought the values of collectibles to nickel and dime prices along with the growing internet availability. But with a growing economy under a government that pushes growth the collectibles that lost value will again gain value as people have more to spend. Even the first border less cards may catch on as an epic event in collectible sport card history and be sought after which will grow the value of the cards people didn’t think to much about.

Most people believe that poems are pure literature, a form of writing. They are somewhat right, but there is much more to poems than meets the eyes! I see poems as the sculptures of literature, or a form of art than mere words.

You see, poems are meant for the benefit of an audience. You are writing much more than words, doing much more than rhyming or flowing. Your reason for writing poetry should be based on your emotional needs, and your poems should be full of emotions and sensations!

The real secret to writing poems like a pro is to write what feels right, write your deepest thoughts, filled with deep, penetrating emotions. Breathe deeply as you write. Feel sensations that you normally wouldn’t, like imagining yourself feeling as though you are floating by thinking of the Earth as a huge space station hovering around the sun. You can imagine what cosmic consciousness is truly like, or what true oneness is like.

The main thing here is to write what you feel. Poems are about showing off, letting loose, and poems are definitely about the nature of humanity and our place in the world! You have to put yourself into your poems, imagine living as though you were a sculpture and think hard on what it would take to sculp the real you.

In a literal sense, poems are words, but they aren’t just writing. Poems are also a form of art, poetry is the art of words. Poems should be written to express yourself.

Poems aren’t just rhythm and rhyme, because not all poems have to rhyme. But all poems should follow a certain pattern, much like songs written and recorded. Even if a poem doesn’t rhyme, it should be repeating the same structure throughout the piece. An example would be this pattern: A-A-B-B-A.

A poem should do more than simply rhyme. If your poem does rhyme, make sure the rhymes make sense(unless your poem is meant to be nonsense, which is an actual genre). Poems shouldn’t have a random scheme, they should come full-circle, and they shouldn’t break their pattern or style from one line to the other.

But if you’re not aiming to be a pro, or you just want to write poems for enjoyment, there is nothing wrong with being an amateur poet. You should ultimately take this article as advice or as a guide, rather than as rules for writing. Write how you want to write!

If you are a website owner or you spend time writing a blog, one of the things you need to have the most is traffic to your site. You want traffic that comes from different search engines as well.

In order to get traffic to your site you are going to have to have good rankings in the search engines. With all the gazillions of websites these days, getting organic traffic is going to be challenging.

However, there is a tool that is available called Long Trail Pro. This tool has been designed to make it not only easier but faster to get those high rankings.

How Does Long Tail Pro Work?

Long Tail Pro works by finding low competition keywords that will help in getting your website noticed by search engines.

In order to outrank websites in your niche, you are going to need to use appropriate keywords. Making sure you outrank these websites will not only get your more traffic to your site, but you will get more leads that could result in more sales.

One of the good things about Long Tail Pro is that it has been designed to do search engine optimization. These means there are more opportunities for all the search engines to find your site.

How to Use Long Trail Pro

This tool is going to help you save some time in finding appropriate keywords. It is very easy to use.

All you need to do is set up your account in Long Tail Pro. The good news is that this is a web-based application which means you won’t have to install it on your computer.

This is very good since it means you can use the tool anywhere you go whether it is at home, or when you travel.

This tool will allow you to filter the keywords by month, suggested bid and even advertiser competition.

Long Tail Pro Advantages

One of the main advantages is the ability to find lots of keywords in bulk. This will save a lot of time.

It is very easy to use and you will be able to find as many keywords as you need based on the guidelines you set up.

Since this is not a free application, you will pay for the tool either by a monthly or annual payment.

This is a must have tool for any digital marketer.

Are there any Disadvantages?

The only disadvantage is that you will need to pay more if you want to track more keywords. Other than a stable internet because the tool is web-based, there are no other disadvantages that we can find.

Our Recommendation

Long Tail Pro will help you discover thousands of keywords in a short amount of time.

If you are going to rank your site in the search engines, you are going to need to have the right keywords. This is not a guessing game.

Long Tail Pro will help you find the keywords that others might not be using thus helping your site to rank better.

If you are looking to convert traffic into leads or sales, then you are going to want to rank higher in the search engines.

With this method you won’t have to pay for expensive ads to get traffic.

They’ve been at it again. It seems like every six months someone comes out with a new contraption to help you get rock hard abs without much work. The latest piece of equipment is supposed to help you do it in record time. Whether it will actually do that is another story. This review isn’t about selling you on the Ab King Pro system, but rather about helping you avoid wasting your money on something that doesn’t work.

Let’s take a hard look at what the Abs King Pro claims to do and then look at what it will actually do. Once you break this down, you will most likely come away with the same conclusion I did. So, here we go…

The biggest claim being made deals with the range of motion the Ab King Pro will give you.  The makers say the typical ab machine will give you only 90 degrees of motion while this will give you over 200 degrees.  While it may be true they’re giving you great range then the other gadgets on the market, it really is comparable to a standard sit-up.  The truth is, there are going to be times when a smaller range of motion is exactly what you’re abs need.  One size does not fit all.

Let’s look at some more claims they’re making. It’s true, adding in a fun piece of equipment to your workout can help break the monotonous routine and add a little more enjoyment. That could encourage you to work out when you really didn’t want to do anything other than sit on the couch. But, that usually isn’t enough to give you the long term motivation to keep going. 

One nice feature normal at-home ab workouts won’t be able to offer is the ability to add resistance. Resistance training is going to be the most efficient way to add muscle to any section of your body, including your abs. So, this is a definite positive. This is the advantage you will often have when using abs equipment at the local gym.

Let’s look at some places where the typical Ab King Pro review shows some weakness. Most would agree, the padding you’re sitting on as well as the entire frame isn’t of the best quality. Many have described it as flimsy. It also appears to have a limited range of settings. That means, if you’re body size falls above or below average, this could mean the system won’t work for you. 

The truth is, the only way you’re going to get the six pack abs you’re dreaming of is to eat the right foods (keep those carbs and fat down and get the protein levels up) at the right amounts as well as working very hard. The reason most people don’t have rock hard abs is because it’s very difficult to do. The same reason most people don’t make a million dollars a year. It’s not impossible, but it’s not easy either.

If you’ve got an extra $150 to spend on a machine to give you firmer abs, it’s probably better spent on a refrigerator full of healthy foods. When you’ve got that at your disposal you’re far less likely to eat the wrong stuff. Combine that with a healthy does of crunches, sit-ups and leg raises and you’ll be much better off.

These types of dumbbells are the most common for home and commercial gyms. This guide will help you navigate among the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Hex dumbbells are made with chromed solid steel handles and welded-on cast iron heads with a painted finish. They’re typically found in home gyms and in some smaller fitness establishments.

Rubber hex dumbbells are the same as the above, with steel handles and iron heads, but with a rubber coating instead of paint. So while they are really just rubber coated, we call them rubber dumbbells for simplicity.

Pro style dumbbells are found in most commercial gyms. They’re made using solid steel handles and standard “pancake” style weight plates. They differ from standard adjustable dumbbells in that the handle ends are a precise length to fit an exact number of plates, it’s bolted together so as to be semi-permanent, and they usually have end caps to further smoothen out the edges.

Rubber pro style dumbbells are the above with rubber coating on the attached weight plates instead of paint. Again, for short we call them rubber rather than rubber coated. Keep in mind that regular pro style dumbbells can also be made with only rubber end caps.

All types above can have contoured handles rather than straight. Contoured handles are thicker in the center than the edges, making for a wider and more ergonomic grip.

COST

The relative difference in cost varies widely depending on weight, because pro style dumbbells start at a higher price but the price doesn’t increase as much as the weight increases. Hex and rubber hex dumbbells are generally just priced per pound, although the smallest and largest sizes might be price-adjusted for minimum retail margins or to factor in skewed shipping costs.

#1: Hex

#2: Rubber Hex – 1.5 to 2 times the price of hex dumbbells.

#3: Pro Style – Anywhere from 1.5 to 8 times the price of hex dumbbells.

#4: Rubber Pro Style – Anywhere from 1.5 to 11 times the price of hex dumbbells.

PROTECTING THE FLOOR

Rubber dumbbells are softer and won’t scratch your floor. The winner here is rubber pro-style because of the smooth edges of the heads. Even rubber can be kind of hard, and the comparably sharper edges of rubber hex dumbbells can conceivably stab into a sensitive floor if you aren’t careful. But that may be reaching because the edges are really not very sharp. Painted iron is the biggest threat to a sensitive floor, so hex dumbbells with their sharper edges and rougher surface score last.

#1: Rubber Pro Style

#2: Rubber Hex

#3: Pro Style

#4: Hex

DURABILITY

Even the high-quality baked-on finish on modern iron hex dumbbells will eventually chip when the dumbbells are banged around a lot. Rubber dumbbells are made to be banged around. However, rubber exposed to the hot sun will expand as it heats, and repeated exposure can cause the rubber to start cracking from all the expansion and contraction, so if you’re in a hot climate, it would be best to keep them out of the sun. Assuming you can manage that, rubber comes out ahead.

The plates on pro style dumbbells have a flatter finish that’s more resistant to chipping than the finish on hex dumbbells. If you’ve ever dinged old hex dumbbells together at the top of a bench press rep and gotten paint flecks in your face, you know how significant this is. A rubber coating will of course prevent this, and non-rubber pro dumbbells can be assembled with rubber end caps.

Hex dumbbells are welded together, and while the welds are usually very good, the small risk of a bad weld here has to be acknowledged, particularly for dumbbells that don’t go through the quality checking of one of the top US manufacturers. The way to break a dumbbell is to drop it from high up at an angle, so one head hits first and puts a lot of torque stress on the handle. When a weld fails the head won’t usually come clear off, but it may become a little loose and wobble. The risk of this isn’t really a safety issue, because it’s pretty obvious when a head is just loose or if it has smashed around enough to actually fall off.

On pro-style dumbbells the plates are secured in place by an allen bolt that is quite tight from the factory. It’s pretty obvious when it starts to come loose after a lot of usage, and it’s a simple matter of tightening it.

#1: Rubber Pro Style

#3: Rubber Hex

#4: Pro Style

#5: Hex

BEST USE OF SPACE

The smallest hex dumbbells take up minimal space, while the largest ones have a larger diameter than pro-style dumbbells and will consume more rack space. The size of pro style dumbbells reaches a maximum diameter (the size of a 10lb plate) and it just keeps adding more plates onto the end. So for larger sizes the pro are actually the most space-conscious.

The rubber coating of rubber hex dumbbells is thick enough that rubber hex dumbbells take up the most space on a rack at larger sizes.

The deciding factor here is going to be that pro style dumbbells tend to roll around and are often used on racks with individual saddles for each dumbbell rather than a flat rack. This looks extremely nice and keeps them organized, but it takes up so much space. In that case, rubber prostyle would take up the same space as regular professional style.

#1: Hex

#2: Rubber Hex

#3: Pro Style

#4: Rubber Pro Style

ODOR

Recycled rubber stinks. It varies, and it usually isn’t too bad, and you might not even notice it unless you put your nose up to it, and it fades over time. However, virgin rubber, like the Troy TSD rubber hex dumbbells are made from, as well as all Troy rubber pro-style dumbbells, has no odor.

#1/#2: Hex, Pro Style

#3: Rubber Pro Style

#4: Rubber Hex

DON’T ROLL AWAY!

The worst thing that can happen is your dumbbells roll away, causing a passer by to trip and smash their head open on a machine. But it’s also annoying when you’re trying to set up for an exercise with heavy dumbbells and they keep rolling away on your uneven garage gym floor. Garage gyms are always sloped towards the entrance. And you want dumbbells to stay in place on the rack so they don’t get mixed up.

As far as pro style, rubber is slightly ahead here, just because the softer rubber surface creates more stability and might not roll away when regular iron ones will. Rubber hex is actually more likely than hex to keep rolling downhill once it gets going, due to friction preventing it from sliding and stopping, and the fact it’s going to bounce better.

This also may affect the type of rack you get. Racks with curved saddles are made to have one professional style dumbbell sit in each saddle, and they take up a considerable amount of floor space.

#1: Hex

#2: Rubber Hex

#3: Rubber Pro Style

#4: Pro Style

MAINTENANCE COST

For higher weights, the maintenance on damaged hex dumbbells is considerably higher. If you aren’t the only one using the equipment, you can bet that people are going to drop weights. Clumsiness, injury, no respect for equipment, whatever, it’s going to happen with enough use. When a dumbbell hits the floor at an angle, too much stress can be put on the end of the handle, and it can bend. A hex dumbbell instantly becomes trash, and you have to buy a new one, and heavy ones aren’t cheap to ship, either.

When a pro-style dumbbell is dropped and breaks, it can be disassembled and the handle or any weight plates can be replaced at minimal cost.

Durability is covered in an above category, but in considering maintenance we have to consider how likely a dumbbell is to break or become damaged. Rubber is far less likely to break than bare iron when dropped on concrete, but it’s also more expensive to replace. However, the most common damage on a dumbbell is not chipping of the head due to being dropped on bare concrete, as most people have more sense than that, but bending of the handle due to being dropped badly. So I’m giving higher rankings to the non-rubber dumbbells here considering the higher cost of replacing rubber dumbbells or rubber pro-style plates.

#1: Pro Style

#2: Rubber Pro Style

#3: Hex

#4: Rubber Hex

WEIGHT RANGE

Hex dumbbells start at just 1lb, whereas pro style dumbbells start at 5lbs. But really when you’re reading an article like this to decide among these dumbbells, you probably won’t be too concerned about having so many weights under 10lbs. Neoprene dumbbells are popular for those sizes. So I’m going to kind of ignore the lower end and look at the higher end. Prostyle dumbbells go up to 150lbs or even higher, while hex dumbbells might not go over 100lbs.

The popular PlateMate magnets, which are used to add weights in small 1.25 or 2.5 increments to dumbbells, won’t stick to a rubber coating. Another method of microloading is using wrist weights, so you aren’t totally out of luck, and you might even find that you prefer wrist weights over magnets, but the non-rubber dumbbells take the cake here for being more versatile.

Some people also like the cheap method of buying dumbbells in 10lb increments and using PlateMates to fill in the 5lb weight gaps, and in that case any iron dumbbell set is an even better deal.

#1: Pro Style

#2: Hex

#3: Rubber Pro Style

#4: Rubber Hex

Hiring a professional website developer may seem like a good idea until business owners look into how expensive and time-consuming it is. Instead, business owners today have the option of using a website builder. They can avoid the entire process of looking for a developer and working with the professional on the website design by doing it on their own.

Don’t Spend Time Looking for Help

It can take a lot of time to find the right website developer. Even if the cost wasn’t a concern, it still takes time to find a developer who is able to create a website that includes everything the business owner wants. It’s far easier, and faster, to simply open up a website builder and start creating the website. Business owners won’t have to waste time searching for help and can, instead, start the website development easily on their own.

Avoid High Costs Associated with Professional Design

Website developers are expensive. Many charge by the project, the page, or the hour. On top of that, there are costs for hosting the website, tools that may be needed for the website to function correctly, and extra fees for changes during the development process. With a website builder, business owners pay a small monthly fee and don’t have to worry about any of the extra fees. They can save on the payment for the developer and make changes to the design as they’re working on it, without it costing any extra.

Make Sure the Website Looks Right

It’s hard to describe to someone else exactly what the website should look like and include. This is part of what takes so long for a website to be developed by a professional. They’ll often create a mock-up, send it to the business owner, make any needed changes, and do it again until everyone is happy with how the website looks. Business owners who use a website developer don’t need to do all of this and can, instead, just make sure the website looks the way they want as they create it.

Don’t Wait to Update the Website

It can be frustrating to wait for updates to a website. If the store’s hours change, the change on the website needs to be immediate, otherwise, it will result in frustrated customers. Business owners who use a website developer may need to wait, sometimes a week or longer, for changes to be made. With a website builder, the business owner can open the builder, make the changes, and save the website so the changes go live. It only takes a few minutes.

If you’re planning on building a website for your business, don’t waste a ton of time and money hiring a professional developer when it’s easy to do on your own. Website builders are less expensive, easy to start using without any prior experience, and will allow you to create a website for your business in minutes. Take a look at one now to learn more about how easy it can be to use.

The elite sports men and women of surfing compete at some of the greatest wave spots the world has to offer. Eight competitions make up the ASP World Tour with the water temperature of each venue varying from tropical board shorts temperature to cold 4/3mm wetsuit conditions.

Trusty tools of the professional surfer, their surfboard and wetsuit, are the core equipment used when surfing. The surfboard is a fine tuned, tailor made piece of surfing equipment that usually only the individual can get their hands. A shaper will spend hours changing and perfecting a pro surfers board. Unlike this, the pro surfers wetsuit can be bought in any surf shop, their wetsuit doesn’t have any special design features or specs other than what the manufacturer sells to the mass market. So when you buy the latest top end wetsuit this is the same suit the professionals wear when competing around the world.

On the ASP World Tour, with the conditions and water temperatures varying, they don’t always wear a wetsuit and can get away with just a rash vest and board shorts. Other locations with milder conditions may require a spring wetsuit (short arms and legs) or a long john (short legs).

The one element of a professional surfers wetsuit that is most important is flexibility above all else. With the restrictions and bulk that layered neoprene can have on the core body and limbs it’s flexibility that is required for pulling of the mind blowing manoeuvres the surfing elite make time and time again. Flexibility and lightness are key, warmth is considered a lesser requirement. With surfing brands adopting more advanced techniques, making neoprene stretch as optimum as possible and with reduced weight, it’s no surprise that these lightweight flexible wetsuits tend not to have a long shelve life, especially if they are used day in day out.

Where wetsuits are currently is truly mind blowing and can make surfing an absolute joy. It’s good to know which wetsuits the crème of the crop are wearing. OK so these guys get paid to put these wetsuits on, but even so, if they weren’t getting paid they’d be zipping in and ridding with one of the line up below.

O’Neill Psycho RG8 / O’Neill Psycho Freak FSW

Pro Surfers: Jordy Smith, Bobby Martinez

O’Neill Psycho 2 FSW

Pro Surfers: Cory Lopez

Rip Curl E-Bomb E3

Pro Surfers: Mick Fanning, Owen Wright

Rip Curl F-Bomb E3

Pro Surfers: Taylor Knox

Rip Curl G-Bomb E3

Pro Surfers: Stephanie Gilmore

Quiksilver Cypher DS CZ

Pro Surfers: Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Jeremy Flores

If you’re a serious water user and want total performance from a wetsuit then make sure the above are the first port of call.

Is Safe Trade Pro a scam? Every day, there are hundreds and thousands of traders placing trades on the Forex market. Most are simply using it as a means to exchange one currency for another, while there are also institutional and individual investors who are trading it with the goal of making profits.

How Does Making Money with Safe Trade Pro Work?

As a result, many of these traders are constantly trying to predict the future price movements of various currency pairs and using that knowledge to generate consistent and regular profits from FX trading. All these currencies are traded in pairs against one another, thus you would have to know how one currency is going to perform against another before you place your trades.

Can Safe Trade Pro Really Allow You To Make Regular Profits from Forex Trading?

This form of trading takes place 24 hours a day and anyone can place trades on the Forex market with a trading platform provided by a Forex broker. Despite the fact that there are professionals making regular income from this method of trading, it is also a fact that more than 90% of traders who jump into the market get burned without having the right prior knowledge and not following a system.

What Is The Safe Trade Pro Software All About?

Instead of being programmed as a trading software aiming for huge gains and leaving itself open to huge draw-downs, this software is instead programmed with a safety first approach that aims to lose as little as possible before going for profits.

In my opinion, this has been a much better way of trading as protecting your capital should always be placed at a higher priority than making money. Also with this tool, I no longer have to sit in front of my computer screen every day staring at the charts in order to make money.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, and sex.

Federal law is broken into two categories: Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Environment. This article will focus on Quid Pro Quo.

A type of Sexual Harassment, Quid Quid Pro Quo, means this for that. In other words, something is given in return for something else.

This category of sexual harassment includes:

• unwelcome sexual advances
• requests for sexual favors
• other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

The caveat here, however is that this harassment occurs when this conduct is tied to either explicitly or implicitly to the employee’s employment.

In other words, accepting or rejecting the harassment effects employment decisions regarding the employee.

Example:

Quid Pro Quo occurs when a manager or supervisor makes unwelcome sexual advances toward an employee and either states or implies that the employee must submit in order to keep his or her job or to receive a raise, promotion, or job assignment. This can only occur when the harasser has authority over the employee.

Employers are at great risk as this type of harassment need only occur once. This type of harassment does not have to meet the “unwelcome and repeated” requirements of the hostile environment law.

The courts have ruled that even if an employee submits to the demands and receives promotions, raises, etc. a case still exists. In addition, the supervisor may also be held liable.

Court Case

In a court case involving 15 women, the CEO of Del Laboratories of Farmingdale, N.Y, who occupied the most powerful position in the company, sought sexual favors in return for job benefits or opportunities, either by making promises to the women he harassed or by threatening them with unfavorable conditions if they refused his advancements.

The case also contains hostile work environment issues, as well as, retaliation.

Award: $1,185,000 in monetary relief

For more on other types of Sexual Harassment, read about Sexual Favoritism or Sexual Harassment by Non-Employees.

Protect your business from this type of harassment. Make sure your employees are well-trained in harassment and discrimination prevention and awareness.