Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indian legislation
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:government
all workplaces in India
organized sector
unorganized sector
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Vishaka_Guidelines
gptkbp:category Labour law
Women's rights law
Workplace safety law
gptkbp:citation https://wcd.nic.in/act/sexual-harassment-women-workplace-prevention-prohibition-and-redressal-act-2013
gptkbp:dateEnacted 2013
gptkbp:defines sexual harassment
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:extendsTo whole of India
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:The_Sexual_Harassment_of_Women_at_Workplace_(Prevention,_Prohibition_and_Redressal)_Act,_2013
gptkbp:gazetteNotificationDate 22 April 2013
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:mandate gptkb:Internal_Complaints_Committee
gptkb:Local_Complaints_Committee
gptkbp:penalty fine up to ₹50,000
gptkbp:protectedBy female clients
female visitors
women employees
gptkbp:purpose prevent sexual harassment of women at workplace
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Vishaka_Guidelines
gptkbp:requires awareness programs
display of penal consequences
employers to provide safe working environment
gptkbp:section Section 4 (Constitution of Internal Complaints Committee)
Section 13 (Inquiry report)
Section 19 (Duties of employer)
Section 2 (Definitions)
Section 3 (Prevention of sexual harassment)
Section 9 (Complaint of sexual harassment)
Section 5 (Constitution of Local Complaints Committee)
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:POSH_Act
gptkbp:startDate 9 December 2013
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5