Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act

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Description
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination projected through unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favours and other verbal or physical conduct with sexual overtones, whether directly or by implication, particularly submission to or rejection of such a conduct by the female employee was capable of being used for effecting the employment of the female employee and unreasonably interfering with her work performance and had the effect of creating an intimidating or hostile working environment for her. to ensure protection of women, particularly the working-women at their workplace, from sexual harassment to strengthen the guarantee provided by the Constitution of India, this enactment has been enacted. It has remained a matter of grave concern that has been attracting attention of the society increasingly for the past more than four decades. As a turning point, in 1997 the Indian Supreme Court eventually acknowledged that there exists a rampant sexual abuse of women at workplaces. the Supreme Court further recognized that any act of sexual harassment at workplace amounts to an infringement of human rights besides violation of the fundamental rights.

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Contents
Chapter  1.     Introduction
Chapter  2.    Sexual Harassment
Chapter  3.    Complaint Under Sexual Harassement of Women at Workplace
Chapter  4.    Workplace
Chapter  5.    Internal (Complaint) Committee
Chapter  6.    Principles of Natural Justice
Chapter  7.    Manner of Holding an Inquiry
Chapter  8.    Checks Upon Misuse of Provisions of the Act
Chapter  9.    Obligations of the Employer
Chapter 10.   Punishment
Chapter 11.   Appeal
Chapter 12.   Guidelines Issued by the Supreme Court for The effective Implementation of the Posh Act
Chapter 13.   Ready Drafted Formats for Anti-Sexual Harassment and for Holding of
                        Inquiry Besides Imposition of Punishments
Chapter 14.   Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 15.   Policy Against Sexual Harassment
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Author Details
H L Kumar
Advocate, Supreme Court of India Chief Editor, Labour Law Reporter
Gaurav Kumar
MBA, LL.M., Advocate