Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace

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Indian employers, akin to their global peers, are increasingly realizing the importance of a safe and amicable work-place-for all sexes. This requires a conscious policy directive aimed at preventing workplace harassment instances coupled with an institutional mechanism for redressal of complaints in a quick, transparent and just manner. This article provides an overview of the  Indian law on prevention of sexual harassment at workplace and seats out to share some “best practices” towards mitigating risk of non-compliance and making the workplace environment conducive to all employees.

Objectives of the committee are:-

1. Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women employees and girls students by promoting gender equity among them.
2. Make recommendations to the Chairperson for changes / elaborations in the Rules for students and employeesto make them gender just and to lay down procedures for the prohibition resolution, settlement and prosecution of acts of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by the students and the employees.
3. Deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized and termination of the harassment.
4. Recommend appropriate punitive action against the guilty party to the Chairperson.
5. Organise orientation programmes for women employees and girl students to sensitize to be proactive to deal with such discrimination, if any.

Procedure for Filing Complaints:-

Complaint may be oral, by email (jhpskool@gmail.com) or in writing. If the complaint is oral , it will be converted into a written from by the Sexual Harassment Committee member who received the complaint and authenticated by the complaint under his/her signature as soon as possible.

Upon receipt of complaint by any member of committee, the member should forward it to jhpskool@gmail.com. The grieved one may also lodge her complaint directly on the given e-mail. Moreover, the compliant can also be lodge telephonically to the mobile Nos of the Chairperson and members of the committee which are available on our website.

Procedure for Filing a Complaint / Grievance without Revealing Identity:-

If the complainant does not like to reveal her name for any grievance,she can drop the grievance(s) in the drop box placed outside the counseling room. Here, it should be noted that according to the supereme Co guideline Sexual harassment can be defined as unwelcome” sexually determined behavior (whether directly or by implication ) as:-by the Parliament in this regards.

1. Physical contact and advances.
2. Demand or request for sexual favours.
3. Sexually colouredremarks.
4. Showing pornography.
5. Other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a 4 sexual nature (Vishaka judgement by Supreme Court) and the Act passed.