POSH Law has seen several updates in the last couple of months. As a capacity-building exercise and with a mission to update and train Internal Committee (IC) members about their roles and responsibilities and the important elements of compliance under the POSH Act, we are conducting a one-day certificate program on February 25, 2022. As several IC members have also requested to be assessed based on the workshop, for those looking for assessment, we are also conducting a test and follow-up session on February 26, 2022.
This will be a Virtual Program and will be conducted via Webinar. The program, among other things, will broadly focus on:
- What if complaints are raised against outsiders (strangers or employees of other organizations)? – Tracking respondents with respect to online instances
- Can transgender persons complaint? Does Transgender Persons Law have any role? Can parties be of same gender?
- Sexual harassment vs. sex discrimination: is there a difference?
- What does a workplace mean? Does it cover electronic communications? Does it cover unofficial employee gathering?
- Recording statements and summarizing statements: Method and tips
- What if parties and IC members speak different languages?
- Timelines and meeting timelines – What if the parties or IC members suffer from COVID or technical challenges? Can 90 days period be overlooked?
- Can IC take any steps if there is no evidence or a ‘He’ said ‘She’ said scenario?
All the above will be discussed with the help of mock complaint and response and recent case laws.