IMPORTANCE OF PoSH TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES & MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

The Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act (PoSH) seeks to empower women to fight against sexual harassment at workplace. Over the years, the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act has helped many women get justice for sexual harassment they have faced in their workplace. Sometimes there is a lack of awareness among employees, which can lead to unwanted cases of sexual abuse. Many organizations also do not know how to set up a proper PoSH complaint handling system or how to set up an internal complaints committee. Hiring an external member to an internal complaint committee is also a problem that organizations often face. The solution to all these problems lies in PoSH training.

How does the PoSH training help?

• Conducting PoSH training helps employees become aware of their rights and duties under the PoSH Act.

• This helps women to come out and report any sexual misconduct by a colleague or senior at the workplace, thus ensuring a safe work environment.

• The training also defines limits and thresholds of making jokes and comments about women. 

• PoSH training also allows employees to learn about false PoSH complaints or what can be categorized as malicious complaints. This can reduce the number of false or fake complaints in the organization.

• With proper PoSH training for management, they will be aware of the process of creating a robust and effective grievance redressal system.

• The training also helps in establishing an internal complaints committee.