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Workplace environment plays a major role in the mental satisfaction of the employees. Having a safe working environment is their legal right, and includes both physical and mental safety. Workplace harassment can occur when one party at the workplace demonstrates behavior that causes or is likely to cause alarm or distress to another party. Under Vishaka Guidelines laid down by Supreme Court in 1997 sexual harassment at workplace include unwelcome sexually determined behavior like physical contact and advances, a demand or request for sexual favors, sexually colored remarks, showing pornography and any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature. (http://www.curaj.ac.in/sites/default/files/Vishaka-Guidelines%20CCSH%20GOI%20 Instructions _1.pdf). The study was focused on understanding the perception of men and women with respect to workplace harassment in India. The data was collected through structured questionnaire and was statistically analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The results showcases that almost 55.9% of lawyers and policemen agree that India is unsafe in certain circumstances for women. 26.5% of them believe that the laws against harassment are not fully practiced. They also suggest that there should be more concrete laws with respect to harassment at workplace. Workplace harassment was perceived in a very different way by the respondents. Majority of the people believe that the main cause of harassment is lack of fear of the law. More than half of the respondents were unaware about Vishakha guidelines and strongly agreed that Mumbai is safer than any other city in India for women.