Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has said that sexual harassment at workplace is a violation of the Fundamental Rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
- He was addressing the 1st Workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace held on 23rd February, 2022.
- He said, until and unless women come out and open, it will be difficult to bring in changes in attitudes.
Mr Mendiratta said:
- there are various challenges attached to it and the first step entails talking and writing the incident or complaint to the Complaints Committee.
- there are various challenges attached to it and the first step entails talking and writing the incident/complaint to the Complaints Committee.
- Cyber Crime has also opened a new way of sexual harassment which is a huge challenge. Law Secretary pointed out the provisions under the I.P.C. that cover crimes relating to women.
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- The Government has enacted “The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013” (SH Act) which aims to provide protection to women against sexual harassment at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints related to it.
- The Act covers all women, irrespective of their age, employment status or nature of work whether working in public or private, organised or unorganised sector.
- The Act casts an obligation upon employers of all workplaces, public or private, to provide a safe and secure working environment free from sexual harassment, whereby every employer is mandated to constitute an Internal Committee (IC) where the number of employees/ workers is more than 10. Similarly, the Appropriate Government is authorized to constitute Local Committee (LC) in every district to receive complaints from organizations havin
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