Legal procedure outside Workplace for Sexual Harassment Cases
Legal procedure outside Workplace for Sexual Harassment Cases The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, requires employers to adhere to measures to prohibit and prevent sexual harassment of women at work and, in particular, to establish an internal committee ("IC") for the resolution of complaints. The mandate aims to hold employers accountable for giving women a safe and respectable working environment. In addition to the IC, legal procedures outside of the workplace can also be used to escalate problems. This may be done as a result of workplace or IC noncompliance with the law, or concurrently with any workplace escalation. Following is a discussion of some methods of such escalation outside of the workplace: Suit for compensation before a Civil Court Can order for compensation in cases of confidentiality breach and follows the same procedure as regular civil cases with evidence and arguments from both...