Anti-Sexual Harassment Act Tag

The legal dictionary defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours and other verbal or physical conduct of sexual nature that tends to create a hostile or offensive work environment. Sexual Harassment is a violation of human rights of a person. Human rights are inherent and inalienable and its violation should be prevented by the State, at all times....

On 9th December 2013, the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 came into force. This statute superseded the Vishaka Guidelines for Prevention of Sexual Harassment introduced by the Supreme Court of India. Some observations on what the Act states: • Employment rules/service rules should also be amended to include: Termination or action...

We spoke to some industry experts who are working for the cause of women, 3rd party ICC external members, on the issue of Sexual Harassment at the Workplaces. We asked them ‘How much’ of the law has been implemented. This is what they said…  

December 2013 saw the birth of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act or ASH as it has come to be known in corporate parlance. With the government now recognising harassment of employees in the workplace as a crime, every organisation began to focus on calibrating their internal processes for channelizing any reported incidents. Every organisation with more than 10 employees has to form an Internal...

December 9th, 2013 chartered the commencement of a big rule-out in anti-sexual harassment laws in the legal system of India. The law projected how anti-sexual harassment has been placed in India and how people have been accepting it. With industries pluming in rapid expanse, corporates turned out to be a second home for employees, as more and more people spent more time in office than at home....

What is Sexual Harassment Act? As stated by the act, “An Act to provide protection against Sexual harassment of women at workplace and for Prevention and redressal of complaints of Sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.” The Act will ensure that women are protected against sexual harassment at all the work places, be it in public or private. This will...