FAQ: Sexual Harassment of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (the SH Act), 2013 MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT Government of India 1.What is Sexual Harassment at workplace ? Sexual Harassment is any unwelcome act or behaviour (whether express or implied), such as:- Physical contact or advance A demand or request for sexual favours Making sexually coloured remarks Showing pornography Any other physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment at workplace can take various forms. It can involve conduct such as: unwelcome touching, hugging or kissing staring or leering suggestive comments or jokes unwanted or persistent requests to go out intrusive questions about another person’s private life or body Deliberately brushing up against someone insults or taunts of a sexual nature sexually explicit pictures, posters, screen savers, emails, twitters, SMS or instant messages accessing sexually explicit i...

Ministry of Women and Child Development MWCD links Sexual Harassment Complaints Portal ‘SHe-Box’ to central/ state ministries & districts for speedy disposal of cases 22 NOV 2018 The Ministry of Women and Child Development has linked SHe-Box, the online portal to report complaints of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, to all the Central Ministries, Departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories. For prompt disposal of complaints on SHe-Box, each case goes directly to the central/ state authority concerned having jurisdiction to take action in the matter. Cases on She-Box can be monitored by the complainants and Ministry WCD, reducing the time taken in case disposal. Till November 20, 2018, as many as 321 complaints have been registered with ‘SHe-Box’ out of which 120 are related to central ministries/departments, 58 are from state governments and 143 are from private companies. Elaborating on the portal, Smt. Gandhi said, “SHe-Box portal is an effort to provid...

Ministry of Women and Child Development Disclosure of compliance under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act in the Annual Reports of Private companies now made Mandatory: Ministry of Corporate Affairs amends the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. “A major step towards making the workplace safe for the women in the private sector”: Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Non-disclosure to draw penal provisions 13 AUG 2018 In order to ensure safe workplaces for Women in the private sector, the Ministry of Women and Child had requested Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs to mandate the disclosure regarding implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act in the Directors Report of every company. Vide its notification dated 31.07.2018,the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, issued under Section-134 of the Companies Act, by inserting clause(X) as follows:- “A statement that the C...

Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place -  Lok Sabha Q&A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1173 ANSWERED ON:09.02.2018 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORK PLACE SUSHMITA DEV (a) whether the number of complaints of sexual harassment of women at work places has increased in the country over the years; (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of complaints received by the National Commission for Women (NCW) during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; (c) whether the Government has also launched SHe-Box online complaint management system to register complaints related to sexual harassment of women at work place and if so, the number of complaints registered in the system during the said period along with the action taken thereon; (d) whether the NCW has stressed for setting up of an Internal Complaint Committee in each and every Government department/institution/ autonomous body in t...

F. No. 11013/7/2016-Estt.A-III Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Establishment A-III Desk North Block, New Delhi - 110001 Dated 1st November, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Online complaint management system titled "Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box)" - regarding The undersigned is directed to say that Ministry of Women & Child Development launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) on 24th July, 2017 for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace. The She-Box is; an initiative to provide a platform to the women working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions etc.) to file complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal...