Documentation By Internal Complaints Committee- A Legal Mandate

In pursuance of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules framed there under every employer with more than ten employees must establish an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). The Act along with the Rules gives out mandated procedure in order to accept and respond to complaints of any kind of sexual harassment from women in a timely and highly confidential manner.

Given the sensitivity involved, conducting an investigation into sexual harassment at work can be onerous. An essential component of the inquiry process is the documentation. The IC investigation may be challenged in court, where all the documentation may be examined for a judicial review.