All About Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace

In this course, you will learn nearly everything about sexual harassment in the workplace. This course will begin with the Vishakha Guidelines followed by the sexual harassment of women at the workplace (prevention, prohibition, and redressal) act, 2013. It covers some of the basic definitions like aggrieved woman, domestic worker, employee, and employer.

Then the course will cover the history of the law on sexual harassment in India and the structural framework of the Act. After that, it will cover the nature of sexual harassment at the workplace, its causes, and its consequences. Apart from that, it also covers the prevention of sexual harassment, the constitution of the internal complaints committee, the constitution of local complaints committee, the complaint of sexual harassment, an inquiry into the complaint, duties of employer, duties, and powers of the district officer, etc.

Supreme Court Vishakha Guidlines 1997

Background of the Act

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Why Learn the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?

Sexual harassment harms us all. Harassment leads to absenteeism, poor morale, loss of focus, and legal consequences. Failure to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace will break compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and similar state civil rights laws and fair employment laws. Sexual harassment in the workplace is a serious problem that affects many employees and organizations.

Research indicates that 90 percent of the Fortune 500 companies have at one time or the other dealt with a complaint of sexual harassment and that more than a third of them have faced lawsuits related to this issue. It's also a fact that this problem is not limited to the largest or most profitable organizations. The employers may be held liable for sexual harassment claims unless they develop, communicate, and enforce policies defining and banning sexual harassment. Therefore awareness about Sexual harassment is a critical component.

Sample Project Ideas

As a part of this program, you are required to do optional project work. The project specifications have been drawn in consultation with the industry. The project work has to meet these specifications and can be done in a group of upto 5 members.

Create a PowerPoint presentation of at least 12 slides on (any one of the following):

• Legal measures and Guidelines for sexual harassment at the workplace
• Prevention Prohibition and Redressal Act in Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
• Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace

Please make sure that these slides are not copied from any sources and are based on your own research / learning from the course.

Test & Evaluation

1. During the program, the participants will have to take all the assignments given to them for better learning.
2. At the end of the program, a final assessment will be conducted.

Certification

1. All successful participants will be provided with a certificate of completion.

2. Students who do not complete the course / leave it midway will not be awarded any certificate.