“Every organisation must have an action plan and checklist to include standing orders, an ethics policy, preventive steps, a comprehensive awareness mechanism, penal consequences of sexual harassment, an anti-sexual harassment drive, grievance redressal, complaint procedure, an expected time taken to resolve, and other elements to effectively address the prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace,” said Mr. Vinay Kirloskar, Vice President (HR), Reliance Industries, at the Workshop on “Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (POSHA).”. To ensure a safe working environment for women, World Trade Center Mumbai, in association with the Employers’ Federation of India, organised this workshop for sensitizing industries and corporate houses for the prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace.
“Sexual Harassment is like an Epidemic. It is prevailing not only in India, but also elsewhere in the world,” said Ms. Samriti Makkar Midha, Psychologist (Clinical) and Corporate Trainer during the workshop. She highlighted differences in people’s perception, comfort level, mindset, culture, experience, understanding, boundaries, etc in context of sexual harassment. She also described types of sexual harassment which are acts of offensive conduct and suggested that these can spoil work culture of the organisation.
Ms. Shivangi Prasad, Legal Advisor, specialising in laws related to women and child rights, including the law on sexual harassment of women at workplace explained the responsibilities of employers. She suggested that in every organisation an Anti – Sexual Harassment Policy should be formulated with the presence of an Internal Committee to cater to cases pertaining to sexual harassment. Trainings and workshops must be conducted for employees in order to create awareness.
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