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Pravesh DabasAdvocate Delhi, India

05 · Employment & Service Matters

Workplace Harassment Matters

This area covers complaints of harassment at work, including sexual harassment, and the processes employers must follow.

Including complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace.

What this covers

  1. 01Complaints before internal committees
  2. 02Complaints before local committees
  3. 03Inquiry procedure and reports
  4. 04Challenges to findings and penalties
  5. 05Employer compliance obligations

How it generally works

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 requires employers with ten or more employees to constitute an Internal Committee. Complaints in other cases go to a Local Committee set up by the district.

A complaint should ordinarily be made within three months of the incident, extendable by a further three months. The committee conducts an inquiry and recommends action.

Findings can be appealed, and serious conduct may also amount to a criminal offence.