Telangana – Mandatory Registration of POSH Committee

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Jul 03, 2019

Telangana – Mandatory Registration of POSH Committee

The Women Development and Child Welfare Department, Government of Telangana has launched a web portal to facilitate registration of the Internal Committee (IC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act). As per a recent notification, HR departments of companies having 10 or more employees are required to register details of the ICs on the T-she box portal by July 15, 2019.The POSH Act has been introduced to combat and redress the issue of workplace sexual harassment. The legislation requires every employer having 10 or more employees (including workers engaged through a contractor) to set up an internal complaints committee to receive, investigate and redress grievances of workplace sexual harassment in a confidential and time bound manner. The statute prescribes the constitution and quorum for the committee, process and timelines for the inquiry and obligations of the employer and the committee.

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