POSH ACT

A recent analysis of 300 NSE listed companies reveals a concerning trend in reporting sexual harassment complaints under the POSH Act. Despite a rise in complaints, many companies reported zero cases, indicating possible non-compliance. Larger compa...

In India, women face significant barriers in the workplace, from the burden of unpaid care work to the gender pay gap. Despite anti-harassment policies like the POSH Act, compliance remains a challenge, contributing to the "leaky pipeline" where wom...

The institute appointed Saibal Chattopadhyay as its director-in-charge, replacing Sahadeb Sarkar who took charge just two months ago. IIM-Calcutta had earlier received a written complaint under POSH Act against Sarkar.

While due diligence is non-negotiable, and using technicalities to suspend an organisation is kosher, the signalling has been awful. It seems like an afterthought, a damage-control exercise to offset bad handling of the case from January, when natio...

KelpHR PoSH Awards 2023, hosted by KelpHR, are given to companies that offer safe, happy, and inclusive workplaces and include industry-wide best practices in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH).

The 30-page handbook by the Supreme Court has a “glossary of gender-unjust terms and suggests alternative words or phrases which may be used while drafting pleadings as well as orders and judgments”. It notes that harmful gender stereotypes perpetua...

A lack of awareness on redressal mechanisms for general grievances in some companies, and a feeling among many employees that since PoSH is a women-centric and robust workplace law their cases will find a fair hearing and redressal if filed under it...

There was a 31% increase in the number of complaints in FY23 versus FY22, show data of 370 of the BSE500 companies put together for ET by Complykaro, which advises companies on PoSH compliance. The increase was across sectors: IT (84%), financial se...

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has requested all healthcare institutions and medical colleges to establish committees to investigate sexual harassment allegations against their employees and report back to the commission as per the Sexual Har...

The PTI has accessed the five point agenda of the SGM agenda including "Formation of Infrastructure Development and Subsidy Sub-Committee, Guidelines for appointment of Physiotherapists and Trainers in state teams, Formation of Working Group for ICC...

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and the state governments to undertake a time bound exercise to verify whether sexual harassment committees have been constituted in all ministries and the departments. The top court said there are ser...

The properties belong to arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communications in-charge Vijay Nair, liquor businessman Sameer Mahandru, his wife and company Indospirit Group, businessman Dinesh Arora, Arun Pillai, Amit Arora, director of liquor company Bud...

Along with Kundra, the chargesheet also names actresses Poonam Pandey and Sherlyn Chopra.

Taking its acquisition tally for 2022 to four, digital payments and financial services platform Razorpay has entered the loyalty & rewards management space with PoshVine buyout. The move is indicative of Razorpay’s attempts to heat up the competitio...

“Orders/judgments on merits will not be uploaded. Because this order sets out general guidelines and does not address the merits, it is permitted to be uploaded,” said the order of September 24, which got uploaded on September 27. “All orders and ju...

The blast went off late Tuesday in a heavily guarded upscale neighborhood of the capital of Kabul. It was followed by a gun battle that also left four militants dead, authorities said. The casualty toll could rise, Interior Ministry spokesperson Mir...

The FEMA probe revealed that Jaya Patel of Mumbai had "illegally amassed" properties in foreign countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom, the agency said.

Large number of BSE 500 cos have declared zero complaints on sexual harassment since 2015-16.

The bungalow is in the name of a firm of the Moser Baer group, owned and promoted by Ratul Puri's father Deepak Puri.