Labor Welfare⁸

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) was enacted to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Under the POSH Act all the establishments are covered. For the establishment employing less than 10 employees Local Committee has to be constituted to look into the sexual harassment complaints under the POSH Act and thereby investigate into the matter and recommend measures to resolve it. Likewise, the establishments having 10 or more employees, have to constitute an Internal Committee which shall look into the matter of sexual harassment under the POSH Act. Constitution of such committees shall be as per the prescription under the POSH Act. All establishments are required to comply with the mandates under the POSH Act to avoid attracting any penalties for non-compliances prescribed thereto. In line with recent regulatory developments under the POSH Act registration of all private sector organisations in India has been mandated on the SHe-Box portal. The SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment electronic-Box) is a centralized online complaint management system administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India. It provides a single-window mechanism for women to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace across both the organised and unorganised sectors, and across public and private establishments, with facilities for online submission as well as real-time tracking of complaint status.

• 8.Acts and Rules, Chief Labor Commissioner, https://clc.gov.in/clc/acts-rules/acts-and-rules-0.