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Your Rights at Work Under the POSH Act

Every workplace with 10+ employees is legally required to have a way for you to report this — here's how it's supposed to work.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) requires every organisation with 10 or more employees to set up an Internal Committee (IC) to receive and handle complaints.

You can file a written complaint with the IC within 3 months of the incident (extendable up to 6 months for valid reasons). The IC must complete its inquiry within 90 days, and the employer must act on its findings within 60 days after that.

If your workplace doesn't have an IC, or you're not comfortable using it, you can approach the Local Committee set up by the district administration instead — this exists specifically for smaller organisations or complaints against the employer themselves.

POSH Act, 2013

The core law requiring Internal Committees and setting the complaint process

Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan

The Supreme Court judgment that first established these guidelines before the Act existed

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The case law behind this

Vishaka v. State of RajasthanAIR 1997 SC 3011 — Established the original guidelines against workplace sexual harassment, later codified into the POSH Act. Verify this case
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What if my company retaliates against me for complaining?
Retaliation is itself prohibited under the Act — document it and raise it with the same Internal Committee or Local Committee.
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