Instituting a Competent Internal Committee
Rupa, an HR Manager, was winding up her work for the day, when she received an unexpected call from the Head-HR, Arka. Arka asked Rupa to accompany him to a branch office the next day, as part of the Internal Complaints Committee (IC), as an allegation of sexual harassment against the Branch Head required an IC member unfamiliar with both parties. Arka instructed Rupa to maintain strict...
How to Effectively handle Sexual Harassment Complaints at your Organization
As the workplace becomes more and more diverse, there are several pros as well as some cons that arise. The unconscious biases start manifesting themselves in a bigger way when different people come together in teams. One of the ways in which such a bias shows up is sexual harassment because of preconceived gender notions. Companies have identified this as a big concern area but most of them...
Legal terms for Internal committee and HR’s – Part 2 of 2
Hello Readers, hope you found our part 1 blog interesting. We have listed and simplified a few more commonly used legal terms at work and in daily use. Do reach out to info@kelphr.com and share us your feedback or visit our website www.kelphr.com to read our other blogs. 1) Tribunal:
It is such an adjudicating body on whom the power of deciding cases are given. This power has to be exercised...
Legal terms for Internal Committee and HR’s – Part 1 of 2
Hello Readers with a lot of social awareness, law has become an integral part of our life. In the news and at work while dealing with any workplace harassment issues, we come across various legal terminologies in English and Latin (literally), which often seems to be difficult for the layperson. In the current blog; we have tried to simplify commonly used legal terms. By the end of this two...
Webinar with PeopleMatters on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace!!!
SHe-Box, Start-Ups, Statistics and more….!!
It is the beginning of the New calendar year and here we are, looking at all the milestones we have crossed with the ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment’ practices in 2017!!
Here’s the last of the 4-part series of questions that we received during our webinar ‘De-mystifying the Law on Prevention of Sexual Harassment’ held on the 15th of November, 2017....
Demystifying “Prevention of Sexual Harassment” at Workplace!!! Webinar Q & A Part 3 of 4
Types of Sexual Harassment Complaints
“Gossip is so common. So are relationships at the Workplace!”
What can we do when these become a case of Sexual harassment?
So, should the HR be the Moral Police?
Read these responses which are part of a 4-part series that were addressed during KelpHR’s Webinar with PeopleMatters, on the 15th of November. We hope you find this insightful and do...
Demystifying “Prevention of Sexual Harassment” at Workplace!!! Webinar Q & A Part 2 of 4
IC and the Administrative Details of their Role
In the webinar that People Matters and KelpHR conducted on Nov 15th, 2017, a series of Questions was asked by the participants. We have split these question in a 4-part series in this episode of part 2/4 we are responding to all the questions related to IC formation and their roles and responsibilities. We hope you find this insightful...
Demystifying “Prevention of Sexual Harassment” at Workplace!!! Webinar Q & A Part 1 of 4
Handling PoSH issues of many kinds
Q: Can we possibly investigate harassment at the workplace on an anonymous complaint?
While the IC cannot act on an anonymous complaint, it need not ignore the contents of the email. If the contents of the email are clear, then IC must act on the same. To read more on this, please read this article published on People Matters: How to ensure confidentiality...
How Biases Affect Our Logical Thinking?
When YouTube launched the video upload feature on their app, 5-10% of videos were uploaded upside-down and this perplexed Google developers. Could such a large percentage of users be shooting their videos incorrectly? Google engineers had inadvertently designed the app for right-handed users. They never considered the fact that phones are usually rotated 180 degrees when held in a user’s left...
Biases That We Pass on – to Our Next Generation!
They say that biases is what has helped us make our civilisation exist through all caveman time and till now! But I am intrigued, have some of these biases been inherited – rather passed on! My thought was confirmed with this incident.
So, it all started with my daughter’s drama show on the weekend. Prior to the 12 minute show, the parents were briefed – in other words, their...
