Internal Complaints Committee Tag

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...

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....

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 This statute superseded the Vishaka Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Harassment introduced by the Supreme Court of India.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...

When the law The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013  was passed in 2013, it was clear that prevention and prohibition played larger role than redressal. The committee which was commissioned to do this was called ICC – Internal Complaints Committee. Due to its overtone as internal “complaints” committee many organisations used it for mere...

December 2013 saw the birth of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act or ASH as it has come to be known in corporate parlance. With the government now recognising harassment of employees in the workplace as a crime, every organisation began to focus on calibrating their internal processes for channelizing any reported incidents. Every organisation with more than 10 employees has to form an Internal...

In recent years, managing a globally diverse workforce has transformed organizational dynamics to a great extent. One of the key focus areas for Indian companies is keeping the workplace secure for its employees, especially women. A safe workplace is every employee’s legal right, and organizations are mandated to give this security. As a leader of your organization, I am sure you believe in...

Niharika* works with a leading consulting organisation and leads a 5-member team. She is a hardworking professional who is ambitious and career-oriented. Niharika has been working in the same position for three years and has been assured a promotion by her supervisor Suresh*, due to her superlative performance. Like other working days, Niharika reached her office well before time to find an...