Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace
By Smruthi.S
With the advent of the digital age and unprecedented times like COVID-19 , we have acquired novel ways of working, implementing new tools, and ways of communication. But along with it, the fixed connectivity has given way to a disturbing phenomenon: cyberbullying and online harassment in the workplace. Unlike traditional bullying, which mostly happens within the offices, online...
How to Deal with Workplace Situationships?
By Meenakshi Vuppuluri & Sannati More
What do you do if you see your colleague on a dating app? What if they mention their sexual orientation, which is not something you knew? Do you right swipe your office crush on a dating app? With the current influx of new-age dating practices, which are also widely common in terms of all the dating app usage, new understanding towards workplace...
Male Silence on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace
At the end of a glitzy office party, a few of us colleagues who were good friends continued the party at one of our houses. Taking a break from the regular boss-bashing, we instead, tore apart a senior leader who we noticed had got close to a female worker at the party. For, all of us had observed the senior leader hold the lady close while welcoming her; while introducing her as a top...
KelpHR hosts India’s first-ever PoSH Awards Ceremony
KelpHR’s forte has always been – building safe and inclusive workplaces. As subject-matters experts on the prevention of Sexual Harassment, and armed by the experience of having helped an impressive number of clients across India achieve the same, KelpHR is naturally best suited to organize and host India’s first-ever Award Ceremony to recognize and reward the “Best Practices in...
Working in a harassment-free environment is not a perk, it’s your right
The new buzzwords in the corporate space today are Diversity and Inclusion. There are new policies that are becoming a key trend and organizations which are setting benchmarks each day. This is a good situation to be in. However, in many cases, because Diversity and Inclusion are being viewed as a good-to-do thing and not a business imperative, providing a safe and harassment-free workplace...
Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013 : Role of Employer
As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the role of the Employer is defined as below:
Provide a safe working environment for persons coming in contact with the workplace.
Create and empower the Internal Committee as defined in the Act.
Ensure your organization’s anti-sexual harassment policy is aligned with the provisions of...