Sexual harassment

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Indian law prohibits working of female employees beyond permissible hours after 7:00 PM/8:30 PM/9:30 PM/10:00 PM in factories & commercial establishments. Indian law also lays down maximum permissible hours of work as well overtime hours in a day/week. It is to be understood that working beyond permissible hours can only be on rare occasions and not a norm. Any deviation from this requires prior permission of Govt. Authorities. Such permissions are conditional and…

In light of the burgeoning number of sexual harassment cases being filed lately, the new law on the subject and the recent resurfacing of the issue concerning allegations against a senior journalist, we thought it prudent to compile a few behavioral pointers for male bosses from various sources and enlist them here; No Suggestive/Explicit Talk: Avoidance of sexually explicit language at workplace or saying/writing things even distantly suggestive is taboo. While people may not object…

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, in its judgment in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan, laid down certain guidelines to effectively deal with sexual harassment of female employees at the workplace. The guidelines are 12 in number, and may be considered the law on the subject until statutory provisions are made in that regard. In the past many companies have faced the wrath of government authorities, NGOs, political parties, the media and the courts for…