ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR – I

presentation on

Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH)

Presented by : THE PARADIGM SHIFT,
Section-B
AASTHA RAJORIA- 19A3HP605
DIVYA SINGH – 19A1HP068
ANISH GUPTA- 19A3HP618
DEVESH DUBEY- 19A3HP639
APURVA GUPTA- 19A2HP613
ABHIRAJ SINGH – 19A1HP000
ABHINAV SRIVASTAVA -19 A3HP616
 PROVISIONS

Applicablility: The Act extends to the ‘whole of India’ and

protects only women.

Employee: 1 Regular/ Temporary/ Ad hoc /Daily wager

2 Employed directly/ through an agent
3 Trainees/ Interns/Apprentices Probationers
4 For remuneration/ Voluntary basis/ otherwise
5 Domestic worker
 Aggrieved Women

Working Visiting a
Student
Workplace

Regular/
Employed
Temporary/Ad Domestic Worker
directly/Throug
Hoc/Daily
h an agent
wager

For Remuneration/ Contract Worker/

Voluntary basis/ Probationer/Trainee/
Otherwise apprentice
 What constitutes as Workplace
As per this definition, a workplace covers both the organized and un-organized sectors.
Unorganized sectors means:
•Any enterprise owned by an individual or self-employed workers
engaged in the production or sale of goods or providing services of any kind;
• Any enterprise which employs less than 10 workers.

Farms
Govt. Service
Sports
Organiza Provider
facilities
Cooperat tions s
Corporati Compani
ive NGOs
ons es Educatio
societies
Nursing nal
Hospitals
homes instituti
ons
House
 What amounts to Sexual Harassment
As per the POSH Act “sexual harassment” is
defined as:-
• Physical contact and advances
• A demand or request for sexual favors
• Making sexually colored remarks
• Showing pornography
• Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-
verbal conduct of sexual nature
 COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

There are two types of committee that are set under the POSH
Act.
A. INTERNAL COMMITTEE: The Act requires the employer to set
up this committee at each office or branch, of an organization
employing 10 or more employees.
It should consists of :
1. A woman PRESIDING OFFICER
2. At least 2 members amongst the employees.
3. External member from an NGO
4. Term of members should not exceed 3 years
5. At least half of the IC members shall be women
B. Local Complaints Committee (LCC):- The committee should be
there in every district so as to investigate & redress complaints from:-
• From women working in an organization having less than 10 workers;
• When the complaint is against the employer himself;
• From domestic workers.

The committee consists of:-

1. Chairperson:- An eminent women in the field of social work and
committed to the cause of women
2. Member:- women working in the block, taluka or tehsil or ward or
municipality in the district
3. Members Nominated from amongst such NGO/associations/persons
provided that:
• At least one must be a woman
• At least one must have a background of law or legal knowledge
4. Ex Officio member: The concerned officer dealing with social welfare or
women and child development in the district
 What constitutes as Workplace
 Government bodies
 Private & Public sector organisations
 Work in vocational, eductional, entertainment, industrial
activities
 Sports institutions & stadiums used for training individuals
 Hospitals & nursing homes.
 A dwelling place or a house
 Any place visited by the employee arising out of or during
the course of employement including transportation
provided by the employer for undertaking such journey