Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013

A junior associate at a Nariman Point firm, a nurse in a Thane hospital, a sales trainee at a Navi Mumbai call centre and a domestic worker in a Dadar flat all go to work every day. Each deserves to be safe there. Until 2013 the law had no dedicated statute for this, and the courts had to fill the gap. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 asks a practical question of every employer: what must you do so that a woman can work without fear, and where does she go if something goes wrong?

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The 2013 Act requires every workplace to prevent sexual harassment of women, to set up an Internal Committee (or use the district Local Committee), and to follow a time-bound complaint, conciliation and inquiry process with confidentiality, compensation and penalties for employers who fail.

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