What is the Importance of POSH Policy?

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What is the Importance of POSH Policy?
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• POSH stands for the Prevention of Sexual
  Harassment. The Indian government enforced this
  policy under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
  Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and
  Redressal) Act in 2013. Indian employers are
  responsible for maintaining a safe working
  environment by adhering to the rules of this
  policy. Marching Sheep, an HR advisory firm,
  explains the importance of POSH policy as follows

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Maintains Professionalism at Workplace

• POSH is a mandatory policy in any company in
  India. Adherence to POSH policy guidelines and
  training helps the workforce to learn about the
  dos and donts at the workplace. It makes sure
  that there is no ambiguous talk at the workplace
  and restricts the employees and the employer to
  work

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Creates Respectful Work Environment

• Adhere to POSH policies doesnt only create a
  healthy working environment. It also builds
  respect among colleagues and restricts them to
  their work. At the same time, POSH makes sure
  that the guidelines stick to both men and women
  working in a company.

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Addresses Sexual Harassment Problems

• If an employee or an employee faces sexual
  harassment, then he/she can report it to the
  Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). Also,
  startups with less than ten employees have to
  constitute a Local Committee (LC).
• The ICC includes a senior-level female employee
  that follows the process of filing, inquiry
  completion, report submission, recommendation
  implementation, and appeals within different time
  stamps prescribed by the Indian government.

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Notifies Employees and Employers about
Significant Consequences

• Another critical benefit of POSH policies and
  training is to notify significant consequences
  and penal actions to employees and employers.
  Moreover, the employer is required to display
  penal results against acts of sexual harassment.

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The display should also entail the contact
details about the details of IC and awareness
training programs held at the company. The
displays and training also state the procedure at
hand so that both employees and employer(s) can
adhere to them.
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