The Power of Collective Complaints Against Sexual Harassment
While climbing down the stairs at the office, a kind co-worker slapped a bug off my behind. He showed me the dead bug, and I profusely thanked him.
Over the next couple of months, I stumbled upon stories of three other colleagues who had experienced an ‘altruistic’ co-worker crush a bug either off their shoulder, back or behind. Like me, they had felt indebted to him for his timely help. On...
HR’s Dilemma on Sexual Harassment Incidents
A prospective client approached us with the below scenario in her organization faced by her employees in the retail outlets across India:
“There are sudden unexpected resignations happening in my organization and especially women folks. On the last day of exit, they speak up after much probing and confess to the actual reason as being sexually harassed by colleagues or managers and hence...
Anti Sexual Harassment – FAQs Demystified!!
KelpHR along with PeopleMatters conducted a webinar on “Tricky cases and best practices while handling Sexual Harassment incidents at workplace” on November 29th 2016. This event was attended by more than 135 participants from across corporate India. Click here to listen to our webinar.
At the end of the webinar, during the Q and A session, we received many relevant queries from the...
Vishaka Guidelines vs Prevention of Sexual Harassment , ASH Act 2013 and real life court room cases!!!
The legal dictionary defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours and other verbal or physical conduct of sexual nature that tends to create a hostile or offensive work environment. Sexual Harassment is a violation of human rights of a person. Human rights are inherent and inalienable and its violation should be prevented by the State, at all times....
Know the Law – Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013
On 9th December 2013, the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 came into force. This statute superseded the Vishaka Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Harassment introduced by the Supreme Court of India. Some observations on what the Act states:
• Employment rules/service rules should also be amended to include: Termination or action...
KelpHR’s Sexual Harassment Industry Report – 2016
KelpHR releases the Sexual Harassment Industry Report 2016
The Sexual Harassment Industry Report 2016 was conducted and released by KelpHR, one of India’s leading HR Consultancy firm with their flagship offering on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the workplace. The report is based on a survey conducted in July-August 2016. A total of 291 working professionals across India participated in...
Who says 'Everything's Alright'?
We spoke to some industry experts who are working for the cause of women, 3rd party ICC external members, on the issue of Sexual Harassment at the Workplaces.
We asked them ‘How much’ of the law has been implemented.
This is what they said…
