The Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act demands specific reporting formats to check for compliance. Further, every process of grievance redressal has its own set of documentation.
Benefit from a simple compliance checklist for easy assessment and customized formats for each documentation procedures. This will enable you to have a seamless record-keeping system that safeguards yourself from any potential claims of non-compliance.
As per the law, every complaints committee must have an external resource person as a part of its committee. Sonam Mittal can function as an ‘External NGO Member’ and help you to add diversity to your committee.
An NGO member or a gender activist brings in their experiences, social perspective and insights about sexual harassment, supporting the victim and addressing gender-based issues.
Every company must have a policy that protects its employees, is aligned to organizational values and addresses the unique needs and potential risks of individual workplaces.
Establish and adopt a customized policy that is compliant with the requirements under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Any policies and measures undertaken to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace can truly be successful if the management team is aligned on its principals and values, and unified in their organizational stance.
An orientation session will enable the management team and the employers to imbibe the spirit of the policy and help them understand their roles, duties and responsibilities for preventing incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Every employer, having more than 10 employees, must constitute an 'Internal Complaints Committee' that will receive, address and resolve complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Such a committee has specific requirements and can be suited to the organization's size, capacity and work culture.
If committee members are unaware of their legal roles, duties and responsibilities, it can put an organization at risk and potentially fail to support their employees during cases of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Training workshops helps increase the capacity of each Committee Members to fulfill their roles and responsibilities as defined under the law. A fully trained committee is the best way to safeguard an organization and its employees.