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ARTICLE · 17 JUNE 2022

The Annual Report Under Sexual Harassment

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The Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 read with the Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 collectively referred to as, "POSH Law"...

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Shobhita Saran
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Chhavi Pande
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The Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 read with the Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 collectively referred to as, "POSH Law", grants protection against sexual harassment of women in the workplace.This Act is remarkable as in it covers all women, regardless of their employment status, whether they work in the organised or unorganised, public or private sectors, and regardless of their position in the hierarchy. Domestic workers are also included in the scope of the law.

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What are the obligations of the employer?

  1. To establish an Internal Complaints Committee

The employer is required to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee at every organization having more than 10 employees, headed by a woman as its presiding member. The majority of the members of the Internal Complaints Committee should be women, with at least one external member. An Internal

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