Recently Announced Supreme Court Directives on the PoSH Act of 2013
Important Announcement on the Supreme Court Directives – Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplaces Act (PoSH Act) of 2013
The Supreme Court of India in a recent judgement spoke about the status of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (PoSH Act). It said that even a decade after its introduction, the adoption and implementation...
Key Highlights of the Guidelines for setting up and running crèche facility under Maternity Benefit Act 2017
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has recently issued guidelines for setting up and running crèches under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (MBA). Some Key highlights are:
<Crèche effective from: The provisions of ‘The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act’, 2017 are effective from April 1, 2017. The provision of crèche facility (Section 111 A) was effective from July 1,...
Best practices on Leave Policies across Corporate India
If you have been working for a decade or more, it is likely that you would have noticed a significant change in the kind of approach organizations are taking towards their leave policies. With the change in the workforce demographics and younger talent flooding our corporate space, the purpose of giving leave itself has started undergoing a transition.
Let us take a quick look at some best...
3 Reasons why you need Company Policies
A young, vibrant organization prides itself on the open and flexible culture it has. An older, stable organization, prides itself on the structured and process-oriented culture it has. Why are we talking about different kinds of organizations and their cultures? Simply because, the culture defines the identity and culture does not get created overnight. It gets developed over a period of time,...
Policy Design Guidelines
Policy – What to keep in mind when designing your company policy?
As an HR practitioner, one of the things that you may have possibly done in the course of your career is to write policies or reviewed them. It seems like an easy and simple thing to do. But a good policy has many aspects that make it a valuable document, for employees.
Here are some basic guidelines to keep in mind when you...
Why Companies need “RULES”?
My answer: Simply because we are ‘human’.
What does this mean? It means that we are made to push boundaries. Sometimes in the wrong places!
KelpHR’s latest offering is the ‘HR Tool Kit’ – So, one of my mentors say that ‘Policies and Legalities only make things more difficult to achieve’ – He then pushed me to ask myself “Can you be a rule-person, who can still make things...
EMPLOYEE DATING POLICY !!!
We have travelled some distance in understanding Harassment at the Workplace.
However, there is a reality that we are avoiding! People who spend 9 – 12 hours at the Workplace and have close interaction on projects, deadlines and even join Facebook and other interest clubs together, will eventually find themselves in a romantic relationship with colleagues.
So, do we want to be the...