India: Recent Developments Will Affect Diversity in the Workplace

Employers are required to, among other things: * Maintain a complaint box. * Prominently display phone numbers of local police and women's helplines. * Provide proper lighting and illumination inside the establishment, its surroundings and places that women may visit for work purposes. * If the...

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Published inHRNews
Main Authors Wijekoon, Lavanga V, Sutton, Trent M, Alvi Littler, Saba H
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria Society for Human Resource Management 05.10.2018
Subjects
Employees
Employers
Employment
Female employees
Labor law
Maternity & paternity leaves
Prevention
Womens health
Workplace diversity
India
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Summary:Employers are required to, among other things: * Maintain a complaint box. * Prominently display phone numbers of local police and women's helplines. * Provide proper lighting and illumination inside the establishment, its surroundings and places that women may visit for work purposes. * If the establishment has 10 or more female workers, engage a sufficient number of female security guards. * Provide separate and safe restrooms for women. Reporting Requirements on Efforts to Prevent Sexual Harassment As a result of amendments to the Companies Act of 2013, as of July 31, 2018, companies must now disclose in Board of Directors reports whether or not they have complied with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law's requirement to create an "Internal Committee" in every establishment with 10 or more employees, for the purposes of receiving and redressing sexual harassment complaints. [...]of these decisions, if employees are discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation, those employees will now have a claim for a violation of their fundamental rights of freedom of expression. [...]previously, many employers were hesitant to implement affirmative action programs benefiting their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (and/or questioning) (LGBTQ) workers, as those employers were concerned that they would be considered to have aided and abetted the crimes specified under Section 377.
ISSN:1047-3157