{"id":1469,"date":"2018-11-23T11:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T06:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2018-11-23T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T06:22:34","slug":"wcd-ministry-empanels-223-institutes-for-awareness-on-sexual-harassment-at-workplace-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/1469","title":{"rendered":"WCD Ministry Empanels 223 Institutes for Awareness on Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
CLICK HERE<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span> <\/span>to access the list of Institutes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 mandates all the workplace which include any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government, local authority, corporation or a co-operative society with more than 10 workers to constitute an Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) to receive complaints of sexual harassment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Complaints can be registered on SHe-Box, an effort of the government to provide a single window access to every woman, irrespective of her work status, whether working in organised or unorganised, private or public sector, to facilitate the registration of complaint related to sexual harassment. Any woman facing sexual harassment at workplace can register her complaint through this portal. Once a complaint is submitted to \u2018SHe-Box\u2019 <\/span><\/span><\/span>http:\/\/shebox.nic.in\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>, it will be directly sent to the authority concerned having jurisdiction to take action in the matter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>A<\/span><\/span> <\/span>Handbook and Training Module on the SH Act has also been published by the Ministry to provide information about the provisions of the Act in an easy-to-use practical manner. (Available here: <\/span><\/span>http:\/\/www.wcd.nic.in\/act\/2314<\/a> <\/span>) The private organizations are encouraged to customize the Training Module as per their extant service rules and disciplinary procedures prescribed therein.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n