prevention of sexual harassment at workplace act

IMPACT ON A WOMAN

According to a survey, 66 out of 400 women have faced incidents of sexual

harassment at their workplace.

Source :A survey done by Oxfam India : http://www.oxfamindia.org/what-we-do/news/sexual-harassment-women-workplace-prevention-prohibition-and-redressal-bill-2012

Majority of the women did not resort to any formal action against the perpetrator.

What goes on in her mind ?

Was I responsiblefor it ?

Should I report this ?

What will be therepercussions ofreporting ?

Is it going to affect mycareer?Will I loose my ?nancialindependence ?

What if the complaintwill be branded falseor frivolous.

What if my relatives andpeer group come to knowabout this?

Is there anyonewho can help me?

?

Should Iquit thisjob?

Is there anyreportingsystem?

Will my husband doubtmy character?

Is it going to affect mycareer?Will I lose my financialindependence ?

Consequences :

Impact on Physical and emotional health :

• anxiety,

• depression,

• sleep disturbance,

• weight loss or gain,

• loss of appetite, and

• headaches.

Financial Loss

Women facing sexual harassment often try to avoid harassment at workplace by -

• by taking sick leave or

• leave without pay from work, or

• even quitting or

• transferring to new jobs.

Solution ?

Take recourse to the provisions under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013

What should a women facing sexual harassment at workplace do ?

Upon receipt of the complaint, the ICC or LCC must proceed to make aninquiry in accordance with the servicerules and complete it within in a period of 90 days.

The employer must act on these recommendations within 60 days.

ICC must submit a report to the employer once the allegations against the respondent are proven to: •take action for sexual harassment asha misconduct•to deduct from the salary or wages of the respondent such sum as it may considerappropriate to be paid to the aggrieved woman or to her legal heirs.

An aggrieved women should make acomplaint in writing within 3 monthsfrom the date of incident.  

STEP I

STEP II

STEP III

STEP IV

Be prepared before it affects you or your peer groups:

• Learn about your rights and duties.

• Learn about the duties of the employers as per the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act 2013.

What we do ?

Conducting interactive sessions

for employees on Sexual Harassment at Workplace.

Identification and selection of ICC members including NGO

partner.

Sensitization and training of ICC

members on the Act, Rules and

Regulations and its compliance.

Preparing the institutional Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in

accordance with the law.

Write to us on info@aidforchange.org to know more about our POSH program.