Importance of POSH training for Employees and Management in a Company

Prevention Prohibition Redressal Act April 2013 | POSH | Stop Workplace Harassment

The PoSH (Prevention of Sexual harassment Act) law seeks to empower women to fight against sexual harassment at the workplace. Over the years, the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act has helped many women in getting justice for the cases of sexual harassment they have faced in the workplace. However, it has also become a threatening tool for some women to extort money from their organisation’s management through malicious PoSH complaints. There is sometimes a lack of awareness among employees which can lead to unwanted cases of sexual misconduct. Also, many organisations do not know how to set up a proper POSH complaint redressal system or constitute an internal complaints committee. Hiring an external member for the internal complaints committee is also an issue that organisations frequently face. The solution to all these problems lies in PoSH training of employees and management of the organisation through a professional legal firm.

Why is PoSH Training Needed?

Many business owners often ask this query what is the need for PoSH awareness training for a company? The answer to the question lies in the meaning of sexual harassment as per the law. Most of the men fail to realize that the act they are committing in the office nonchalantly, might come under the purview of PoSH law. This is the same with women employees as even they fail to recognize that many activities or comments that make them feel uncomfortable are covered in the PoSH Act and are punishable. Thus, PoSH training of employees is a must at any corporation.

How does PoSH Training Help?

Conducting PoSH training for employees helps them to get aware of their rights under the PoSH Act.

This helps women to come out and report any sexual misconduct from a college or a senior in the workplace and so, ensures a safe working environment.

PoSH Training also enables employees to learn about fake PoSH complaints or what can be categorized as malicious complaints. This can reduce no. of false or fake complaints in the organization.

Proper PoSH training for management makes them aware of the process to create a robust and effective complaint redressal system.

It also helps the management to set up an internal complaints committee.

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