sexual harassment Tag

No. you won’t. This is the first thought that crosses our mind when we are in a dilemma – whether or not to complain about harassment we encounter at the work. Our country has legislations and rules to combat sexual harassment and it is our duty to foster change in our workplaces by using these instruments of law. But before that, you need to be clear about what Sexual Harassment is. I...

Be your own bodyguard!!!! The recent kidnap and molestation of a Malayalam actress has shaken entire South India. If this can happen to her, a lady from a socialite group then it can happen to anyone, anywhere and anytime. We always think it happens to someone else but this was right on our face that irrespective of any economic class, women are not safe. We often let our guard down when we...

If you are victim, how to deal with Sexual Harassment: In my workshops, this is one of the most common question that people ask me. Not in the crowd but during the breaks or at the end of the session as an offline question, listing some of the common tips as below. • Make it clear to the harasser that you consider the behaviour as harassment. • Say a firm ‘NO’ and tell the person...

As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Confidentiality is given at most importance, the Act defines the following: Every aspect of an investigation should be kept confidential. Maintaining confidentiality is critical to the integrity of an investigation. There can be serious consequences for failing to ensure that confidentiality...

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...

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...

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…  

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...