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OVERVIEW OF COMPLIANCE RELATED TO POSH ACT
POSH became law on December 9, 2013. The act was enacted to guarantee women's workplace safety. It guards women against workplace sexual harassment. Inappropriate behavior not just disregards the basic right of a lady to uniformity cherished under articles 14 and 15 of the constitution yet additionally disregards the option to live poise and right ...
POSH ACT AND ITS CHALLENGES
INTRODUCTION Bhanwari Devi worked as a social worker for the Rajasthani government's Rural Development Programme. She was gang-raped in 1992 in front of her husband by upper-caste males who were enraged by her attempts to stop child marriage in their family. Following this occurrence, there was widespread public outcry, which paved the way for new...
THE PROCEDURE OF INTERNAL COMMITEE IN HANDLING POSH COMPLAINTS
Introduction The protection of employees from any form of sexual harassment is an important part of any workplace. Therefore, employers must have a robust process for handling such complaints. This is where an Internal Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (ICPSH) comes in. The ICPSH is an internal body responsible for receiving, inves...
Gender Neutral Law for POSH Complaints: Need of Hour
Gender neutral law for POSH complaints is necessary to ensure that all employees, regardless of gender, are protected from workplace harassment and discrimination. This law should apply to all workplaces and should provide a standardized process for filing, investigating, and resolving complaints of discrimination and harassment based on gender. Th...
Cyber Sexual Harassment Against Women: Prevention and Protection
Cyber sexual harassment refers to the harmful conduct perpetrated by one or more individuals against a victim in the cyberspace, resulting in various forms of harm, such as emotional and mental distress, gender-based harassment, privacy invasion, and more. These harassers may instill fear of physical harm, make threats, disseminate defamatory conte...
FAQs on Prevention of Sexual Harrassment at Workplace #AMALawyered by Adv. Raddhika Singh
Lawyered presents the next clip in its Ask-Me-Anything series, in association with Adv. Raddhika Singh Questions: FAQs on PoSH: 1. What are the different types of sexual harassment? 2. Who can file a complaint under the POSH Act? Is it limited only to employees or even others? 3. What is the penalty for non - compliance of PoSH Act?
Calcutta High Court's landmark judgment on POSH #QuoteUnquote by Adv. Deepa Mani
Hon'ble Calcutta High Court holds that same gender complaints under the POSH law are maintainable
#AMALawyered | POSH video kit with Adv. Abhinav Ramkrishna
Lawyered presents the next clip in its Ask-Me-Anything series, in association with Adv. Abhinav Ramkrishna, AOR Supreme Court of India. > a. POSH: Know your rights as a victim > > b. POSH: Know your rights as an accused > > c. POSH: Know your responsibilities as an ICC member > > d. POSH: Lifecycle of a case under the POSH Act > > e. P...
#MentorHours POSH Training for India Accelerator by Adv. Yatish Kumar Goel
Complaints of sexual harassment are being filed even in these changed circumstances. This is because of several reasons such as – lack of awareness about the term ‘workplace,’ knowledge about the fact that it applies to remote working, among others. As a matter of policy, inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated irrespective of the location fr...
Workshop on India 2021 & Beyond: Prejudices with women in the legal industry & entertainment industry
Caroline Criado Perez in her recent book, writes that, we have unconsciously created the world as male: "Women are being left out of numbers, data, the way in which we allocate our resources, the way in which we design safety for cars, the way in which we design medicine." The consequences are far-reaching: without reliable gender-disaggregated dat...
#MentorHours POSH Training for Skootr by Adv. Abha Kashyap
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents the next edition of #MentorHours [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtKy5JAvZX4&list=PL-uyYxj7oSsIuO_aB-Nv5t63aAlYKhdbZ]. This was the first physical session after the lockdown. The session was conducted by Adv. Abha Kashyap [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/abhakashyap-1199/] [https://lh3...
Is Law prohibiting discrimination or harassment in employment? by Adv Nishant Nigam #AMALawyered
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents Advocate Nishant Nigam [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/nishantnigam-27/],Partner - Chamber of Nigam & Nigam in Ask-Me-Anything #AMALawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AMALawyered] series. Question: Is there any law prohibiting discrimination or harassment in employme...
Sextortion Laws & Punishment in India
SEXTORTION LAWS & PUNISHMENT IN INDIA Author - Theekshna Amin, Associate, Altacit Global Life without the internet does not seem to be a possibility any more. This holds true more in trying times like these when most of us are confined within our houses and homes. From accessing our emails, posting updates on social media, reading the news, purch...
Prevention of false Sexual Harassment at the Workplace by Advocate Kavitha Kesavan #AMALawyered
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents Advocate Kavitha Keshvan, POSH Expert, in Ask-Me-Anything #AMALawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AMALawyered] series by Lawyered. Situation: Lawyered [https://lawyered.in/] - On a mission to help people feel legally empowered info@lawyered.in | +918448495959 | www.law...
Consequences of not complying with sexual harassment law by Advocate Kavitha Kesavan #AMALawyered
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents Advocate Kavitha Keshvan, POSH Expert, in Ask-Me-Anything #AMALawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AMALawyered] series by Lawyered. Situation: What are the consequences of not complying with sexual harassment law in India? Lawyered [https://lawyered.in/] - On a mission to ...
If HR admins are friends of the one who harasses - Advocate Kavitha Kesavan #AMALawyered
Lawyered [https://www.lawyered.in/admin/] presents Advocate Kavitha Keshvan, POSH Expert, in Ask-Me-Anything #AMALawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AMALawyered] series by Lawyered. Situation: How do I deal with workplace harassment if HR admins are friends of the one who harasses me? Lawyered [https://lawyered.in/] - On ...
What are the laws against harassment of men in India by Advocate Divyam Agarwal #AMALawyered
Lawyered [../../../../../] presents Advocate Divyam Agarwal [../../../../../lawyer-profile/divyam-agarwal-2022/], Agarwal Law Chamber, in Ask-Me-Anything #AMALawyered [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23AMALawyered] series by Lawyered. Situation: What are the laws against harassment of men in India? Lawyered [https://lawyered.in/]...
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace-POSH Act | External Member
POSH ACT AND EXTERNAL MEMBER Author - Nalini Nagraj The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") has been enacted as a comprehensive law to provide a safe, secure and enabling environment free of sexual harassment for all women. This statute was enacted to fill in the legislative void...
Deferring Execution Of The Nirbhaya Case Convicts - What The Law States
Upscale Legal [http://www.upscalelegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/UPSCALE-LOGO.png] Author - Rashi Suri (Managing Partner) and Pradyun (Associate) The mercy plea filed by one of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case was recently rejected by the President. The delay in the execution of the court order is because of the convi...
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri Ask Me Anything #AMALawyered Episode 5
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri Ask Me Anything #AMALawyered Episode 4
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri Ask Me Anything #AMALawyered Episode 3
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri Ask Me Anything #AMALawyered Episode 2
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri Ask Me Anything #AMALawyered
#Lawyered presents #season1 of Prevention of Sexual Harassment @Workplace by Advocate Rashi Suri [../../../../../lawyer-profile/rashi-suri-1736/]. Episode 1 (Situation): A friend of mine got a job at corporate with a package of 2 lacs INR per month just after her graduation. Her boss called her and asked her for some personal favours and when she...
Descriptive Chronology of the Nirbhaya Case: Balancing the Scales of Justice!!
Author - Prakhar Dixit On December 16, 2012, a horrendous incident in Delhi shook the conscience of the whole nation. Six people committed the heinous crime of gang rape on a 23-years-old physiotherapist trainee, Nirbhaya (name changed), marking it as the black day of the decade for the nation. Nirbhaya went critical on the health-front and wasn't...
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
Author - Rashi Suri [https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/img/preview/custom/Sexual_harrass.jpg]We all know that it will be better if both the genders - men and women - contribute equally to the development of the country. It was too rosy a picture to be true with the fact that sexual harassment existed in India, and it's existence at the workplace ha...
Prevention Of Sexual Harassment Of Women At Work - Role Of CSR
Author - Associate Shereen Abdin In today's society, sexual harassment has unavoidably become a pressing social issue in the workplace. The recent #metoo movement has created a pressure that has forced many corporate companies to take dutiful action in this regard. The POSH Act was introduced to help employees learn how to anticipate, manage, and ...
Sexual Harassment: All You Need To Know
Author - Associate Shereen Abdin The significance of the #MeToo movement can't be downplayed. Fairness of the working environment is accomplished when procedural and institutional obstacles don't obstruct documenting a protest. Parting from the shackles of mistreatment requires a dynamic standpoint towards the law and both - ladies and men - ought...
All you need to know about Prevention of Sexual Harassment
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION & REDRESSAL) ACT,2013 Author: Advocate Kanchan Khatana [https://www.lawyered.in/lawyer-profile/kanchankhatana-1407/] and Associate Supriya Pathak INTRODUCTION Pooja, a girl belonging to a well-educated family, completed her graduation from a top B-school and is placed in a reputed company w...
What you should know about sexual harassment in the workplace?
Author - Advocate Jyoti Ravi Sachedva [../../../../../lawyer-profile/jrsassociates-1232/] and Associate Shreya Negandhi Several nations around the globe run democratic government but India takes aplomb in being the largest democracy. What does Democracy in its true sense mean? As rightly stated by Abraham Lincoln, Democracy refers to the governmen...
A View Of POSH (The Cause And The Laws)
A View Of POSH (The Cause And The Laws) Let us discuss in brief about laws on sexual harassment of women at workplace. This is a very sensitive topic at present especially with the Metoo movement going on. Background Prior to the POSH (Policy for Prevention of Sexual Harassment)[1] and Vishaka guidelines, women had to address their such grievanc...
Understanding, Preventing and Redressing Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTING AND REDRESSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE --- Institutions redressing sexual harassment and abuse | Harassment in the workplace in India --- Meera Kaura Patel [1] 1. INTRODUCTION While the role of women in India has been traditionally perceived to be restricted to the confines of home, the empowered women of ...
The Journey From Vishakha Case to Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act
The Journey From Vishakha Case to Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act Vishaka Case is the landmark case of the sexual harassment at the workplace. The Supreme Court of India has given the important guidelines through this case. And this case became the landmark case, not because of the following reasons: 1. a) The fundamental rights of women wer...
Legal compliance of sexual harassment disclosure
It is said that action speaks louder than words. The Indian government has shown true initiative in the same manner, through their monumental amendment to the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, which makes it mandatory to provide full disclosure of an organization’s legal compliance of any and all incidents of sexual harassment of women in the workp...
Corporate law and responding to sexual harassment
Fast paced business lifestyles and encroaching deadlines can cause undue stress upon employees. But amongst these many stressors, the biggest hindrance to productivity is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment claims can be damaging to employee trust and organizational reputation. Strong corporate laws can help deal with even the most heinous of situ...
Tesla Fires Employee After She Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla has been accused of firing a female engineer in an act of retaliation after she accused the company of ignoring her complaints of sexual harassment and discriminatory pay. According to a report by The Guardian, the female employee, AJ Vandermeyden, was fired this week by Tesla. Engaged in a lawsuit alleging s...
Sexual Harassment Laws for Startups: Compliances, Processes, Actions
“WHEREAS SEXUAL HARASSMENT RESULTS IN VIOLATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF A WOMAN TO EQUALITY...” -[Preamble, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act] Sexual Harassment at workplace is a burgeoning problem today. It is an undesirable extension of female subjugation borne out of our traditional societa...