Awareness Program on Prevention of Sexual Harassment against Women at Workplace (POSH) Act, 2013.
- Category: Career Counseling
- Date 22-04-2024
Our Goal and intentions to do this activity is to help
create a safe working environment in any and every professional working setup.
Irrespective of the field and nature of the work of these
setups. POSH Act can be applicable to all establishments, companies,
organization's (public or private) having 10 or more employees (permanent,
temporary, ad-hoc, consultants, interns, or contract workers irrespective of
gender) irrespective of the nature of particular business or industry.
Aiden consultancy and services intentions is to spread the awareness and help create a safe working environment for females as well as males in any and every professional set by sensitizing them about the Act’s intentions, rules and regulations and legal aspect as well. Resulting in decreased dropout employee ratio in every and any organization.
Moreover, also help and guide them to form a mandate (ICC)
internal core committee as well, based on the norms. For proper vigilance and
handling the legal matter (when and if required).
Applicability of POSH Act within an Organization:
• All employees irrespective of gender.
• Staff engaged with the company as contract employees,
consultants.
• Staff deployed at any of the Company premises by a service
provider.
• In all Office premises.
• Or outside Office premises, where employees are required
to attend meetings, picnics, business trips, functions arising out of or
connection to their official duties.
Role Of Every Organization:
➢ Sexual Harassment Policy
➢ Awareness and training
➢ Enforcement of policy
➢ Complaints Committees
THIS IS MANDATORY BY LAW AND NOT A CHOICE FOR ANY
ESTABLISHMENT. Every company has to be POSH compliant and submit Annual Returns
of the Internal Committee.