Types of Sexual Harassment at a Workplace
Sexual harassment happens in different forms and is a widespread issue that affects all women worldwide, regardless of their profession. But, when we talk about sexual harassment at the workplace, we mainly refer to three major types of sexual harassment.
Types of sexual harassment in workplace Quid pro quo harassment takes place when a manager or supervisor demands sexual favours directly...
How to drive 100% completion of e-learning from employees?
Ever noticed the subdued groans in the air, when corporate e-learnings are launched?
You find employees gravitating towards thinking of them as a burden, and managers and HR dreading achieving 100% completion from employees.
Employees, in their defense, quote the lack of time, the irrelevance of the training, incompatible infrastructure, and more. Well, the occasional lack of motivation and...
Instituting a Competent Internal Committee
Rupa, an HR Manager, was winding up her work for the day, when she received an unexpected call from the Head-HR, Arka. Arka asked Rupa to accompany him to a branch office the next day, as part of the Internal Complaints Committee (IC), as an allegation of sexual harassment against the Branch Head required an IC member unfamiliar with both parties. Arka instructed Rupa to maintain strict...
How does a Culture of Silence Creep into the Workplace
After reading an amazing article by Dulini Fernando and Ajnesh Prasad on “How Managers, Co-workers, and HR Pressure Women to Stay Silent About Harassment” made me think of Kripa, the smart recruit, whose short stint in our team was marked with turbulence. Kripa was hired to provide Senior Management with daily operations numbers. To ensure that Kripa’s dashboard did not throw any surprises,...
Male Silence on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace
At the end of a glitzy office party, a few of us colleagues who were good friends continued the party at one of our houses. Taking a break from the regular boss-bashing, we instead, tore apart a senior leader who we noticed had got close to a female worker at the party. For, all of us had observed the senior leader hold the lady close while welcoming her; while introducing her as a top...
Why ‘SHe-Box’ will get a thumbs up from the working women of India?
‘SHe-Box’ can be the game-changer for a woman encountering sexual harassment at the workplace in India.
High profile cases of sexual harassment against women have always received significant attention world over and thereby probably a higher opportunity for fair redressal. But what about the plight of an ordinary woman, one for instance who has been subjected to sexual harassment by her...
Is Sexual Harassment Act really effective
Sexual harassment remains a major concern in India as only 45 per cent organisations admitting that the law in this regard made their workplace safer. A recent survey revealed that though the Act had increased awareness levels, the number of cases being reported had not seen an upsurge.
KelpHRin collaboration with National HRD Network, recently released the first-of-its kind Industry Report...
How Biases Affect Our Logical Thinking?
When YouTube launched the video upload feature on their app, 5-10% of videos were uploaded upside-down and this perplexed Google developers. Could such a large percentage of users be shooting their videos incorrectly? Google engineers had inadvertently designed the app for right-handed users. They never considered the fact that phones are usually rotated 180 degrees when held in a user’s left...
FAQ’s on Webinar For POSH Conducted By NHRD June 16,2017
A Webinar conducted by KelpHR with NHRD on 16th June 2017 on the topic, Incidents Of Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace and Best Practices. The following is the link of the webinar …. Experts have answered the following FAQ’s asked by our participants from various companies during the webinar session…..
1. What does the Law state about ICC and LCC? Please elaborate on...
Why CEO’s Are Still Against Implementing PoSH Compliance?
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 came into existence and enforcement from the year 2013 for the safety of woman at workplaces.
But, ‘why are the employers still hesitant or against implementing the Act’ in their corporate system?
The reasons vary:
* It takes the least priority as compared to the other legal policies...