POSH Compliance - Recent Supreme Court Order - review and furnish a compliance report

Recently, the Supreme Court issued a directive to the State and Central Governments, asking them to review and furnish a compliance report on the POSH Act. What does this mean for private and public sector organizations? Does it imply that notices and audits will follow now?

It will be interesting to see how HR professionals interpret this order. It's high time the POSH Act is taken seriously and implemented with all due diligence. What are the thoughts of fellow community members?

The Supreme Court, noting the laxity in the implementation of the POSH directives, has pulled up the Central & State Governments, other statutory, non-statutory, private organizations, and others. The Court has listed the effective steps required to implement the Act and monitor the live situation as it arises. The Supreme Court has issued the directives and has sought a compliance report after 2 months.

These are universal directives; there is no difference between the government and other sectors in implementing the POSH Act, 2013. It all depends on how seriously the Act gets implemented and hence would vary from organization to organization.

Posh Act was enacted in the year 2013 by the parliament, but many of the industries have not implemented it. Even if implemented, it is not being followed as per the policy. There is no proper Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), lack of awareness among the workmen, and the ICC members do not have the knowledge to follow the process of the inquiry. Training is not provided for them.

Hence, the Honorable Supreme Court instructed unions, states, and organizations to strictly follow the guidelines.

Does anyone have the judgment copy? Please share the link or the judgment.

Dear All,

Obligations of the Employer under POSH Act, 2013

Interesting topic discussions. In view of these judgments, Employers need to be alert and compliant. POSH Act is a serious legislation that requires certain duties and responsibilities from employers. In this connection, watch a YouTube video on this link which is as follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huHq...amp;amp;t=283s

Make use of the same.

Thanks and best wishes,

Ram K Navaratna