PAID LEAVE
FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT VICTIMS
((PMIN OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
Instructions have been issued by this Department vide Office
Memorandum dated 27.11.2014 regarding Alignment of Service Rules with the
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act 2013. As per para 6 of the said Office Memorandum, the Complaint Committee
will have the powers to recommend to the employer (a) to transfer the aggrieved
woman or the charged officer to any other workplace; or (b) to grant leave to
the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months, which will be in addition
to the leave she would be otherwise entitled to.
As per
Section 9 of Chapter IV of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, any aggrieved woman may make,
in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal
Committee within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case
of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last
incident.
The
Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit
not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such
which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
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KSD/PK/BK/RS
(Release ID :124861) 12th August,2015
KSD/PK/BK/RS
(Release ID :124861) 12th August,2015
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