Training And Related Services Under PoSH
Training And Related Services Under PoSH Training
The sexual harassment of women at workplace (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) Act,2013
Scope of services under PoSH:
- Deputation of EM (External Member)- a. Legal Advisory Support b. Training and handholding the Internal Committee. Advise on its constitution etc.
- Conducting quarterly Meetings
- Ongoing support, updates on the Act, Notifications etc.
- Assistance in filing Annual Returns.
- Conducting General Awareness Sessions for Employees, Senior Management.
- Conducting IC Orientation for Members onboard of IC.
- HR Policy Drafting with regard to PoSH Policy.
- DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Trainings.
PoSH Trainings For Employees
ELIGIBILITY (Who can apply) : All Employees / Contract Labours
DURATION : 1 Day – 2 hours
MODE OF TRAINING : Online
TRAINING CERTIFICATE : Blockchain Enabled Certificate of Completion shall be issued by Lexschool
FEES
INR 30,000 + GST Upto 100 employees
Topics Covered
- Sexual Harassment, Workplace & Applicability:
- Understanding ‘unwelcome’
- Sexual harassment: physical vs. virtual
- What may lead to sexual harassment?
- Understanding ‘quid pro quo’ and ‘hostile work environment’
- Understanding Employee, Workplace etc.
- Process of Filing Complaint & Redressal mechanism:
- Internal Committee (IC): Composition, Term, Removal
- Process for filing Complaint
- Redressal process
- Consequences of Malicious Complaints
- Importance of maintaining confidentiality
- Bystander effect: Role when you observe or witness sexual harassment
- Vision of Organization, Things to keep in Mind & Prevention:
- Emphasizing on purpose of the Law & policy
- Values & mission of the Organization
- Rights and duties of each employee
- Empowering employees in handling instances of harassment outside workplace like: Stalking, Voyeurism
- Using media for violating privacy etc.
- Preventive Measures (also focusing on do’s and don’ts while working from home)
Trainer
RITU AGWEKAR:
Ritu Agwekar has been handling matters and Inquiries related to the PoSH Act including conducting inquiries and trainings/awareness programs for Senior Management, employees as well as members of the Internal Committee on the PoSH Legislation (The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Act”) to address Workplace Harassment of Women. She is a member of the Internal Committee for the companies and organizations and has reviewed and scrutinized numerous hearings and inquiries on matters relating to sexual harassment at workplace and Domestic Enquiries. She has reviewed and guided the Internal Committee and provided guidance in providing recommendations to the management alongwith Policy reviews and periodic updates on the latest Circulars, reported cases and Notifications relating to PoSH.
Apart from PoSH, Ritu, who is based out of Pune, Maharashtra (India), with a total work experience of 26 years, practices in the area of Real Estate, General Corporate, Commercial and Contract Laws and has served Clients across all Sectors, from Retail to Corporate. Her forte’ is solution based, balanced transaction closure for the clients. As a part of her professional journey, she has worked with renowned Law Firms of India, in the past, and has handled many complex and high value transactions.
Ritu earned her Law degree from the prestigious Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law College, Pune, from where she graduated in the year 1996.
A few of her accolades include featuring in many Talk Shows, as a Panelist, in Magazines, Ritu was recently recognized and felicitated as the 100 most powerful women in Business by the Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and the Global Council for Promotion of International Trades (GCPIT) – 2021, she also was a nominee for the Nari Shakti Awards – 2018 and was also awarded the Women Achiever Award on International Women’s Day- 2017. Her entrepreneurial fleet includes Founder of Wo-Men (Power Within), enabling co-creation and promoting women economic empowerment.
PoSH Trainings For Managers
ELIGIBILITY (Who can apply) : All Managers
DURATION : 1 Day – 3 hours
MODE OF TRAINING : Online / Offline
TRAINING CERTIFICATE : Blockchain Enabled Certificate of Completion shall be issued by Lexschool
FEES
INR 50,000 + GST + OPE (Only in case of Physical Training is required)
Topics Covered
This session is about role of leaders and managers at different levels so that the tone at the top can be set and so that the rest of the employees watch and learn from them. This session is to discuss the behavior that is expected from leaders given the position they are at, the do’s and don’ts, how they should handle tough situations when individuals reach out to them with grievances and also how to handle situations such as emotional breakdown, emotional outburst of anger etc.
- Definitions, Scope & Application
- Sexual Harassment: Definition, Types
- Understanding values of the Company & its mission to create inclusive workplaces in light of Law and policies
- Introducing Internal Committee (IC) and procedure for filing & redressal of a complaint sexual in nature
- Impact of Sexual Harassment & barriers in reporting cases of sexual harassment
- Role & Support
- Providing support to parties in case of a complaint, maintaining confidentiality and its importance in managing the environment of the workplace, with special emphasis on policy against sexual harassment
- Role of leaders as brand custodians
- Bias & Managing Multiple Roles
- Understanding difference between being friendly vs. being friends
- Bridging gender gaps by employing effective communication strategies
- Addressing different types of complaints reported in person or in online space
- Role of personal biases when receiving a complaint
- Managing multiple roles of mentor, manager, colleague, employee
- Discussion on appropriate statements to be made in media
Trainer
RITU AGWEKAR:
Ritu Agwekar has been handling matters and Inquiries related to the PoSH Act including conducting inquiries and trainings/awareness programs for Senior Management, employees as well as members of the Internal Committee on the PoSH Legislation (The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Act”) to address Workplace Harassment of Women. She is a member of the Internal Committee for the companies and organizations and has reviewed and scrutinized numerous hearings and inquiries on matters relating to sexual harassment at workplace and Domestic Enquiries. She has reviewed and guided the Internal Committee and provided guidance in providing recommendations to the management alongwith Policy reviews and periodic updates on the latest Circulars, reported cases and Notifications relating to POSH.
Apart from PoSH, Ritu, who is based out of Pune, Maharashtra (India), with a total work experience of 26 years, practices in the area of Real Estate, General Corporate, Commercial and Contract Laws and has served Clients across all Sectors, from Retail to Corporate. Her forte’ is solution based, balanced transaction closure for the clients. As a part of her professional journey, she has worked with renowned Law Firms of India, in the past, and has handled many complex and high value transactions.
Ritu earned her Law degree from the prestigious Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law College, Pune, from where she graduated in the year 1996.
A few of her accolades include featuring in many Talk Shows, as a Panelist, in Magazines, Ritu was recently recognized and felicitated as the 100 most powerful women in Business by the Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and the Global Council for Promotion of International Trades (GCPIT) – 2021, she also was a nominee for the Nari Shakti Awards – 2018 and was also awarded the Women Achiever Award on International Women’s Day- 2017. Her entrepreneurial fleet includes Founder of Wo-Men (Power Within), enabling co-creation and promoting women economic empowerment.
PoSH Trainings For Management
ELIGIBILITY (Who can apply) : Management Team
DURATION : 1 Day – 3 hours
MODE OF TRAINING : Online / Offline
TRAINING CERTIFICATE : Blockchain Enabled Certificate of Completion shall be issued by Lexschool
FEES
INR 50,000 + GST + OPE (Only in case of Physical Training is required)
Topics Covered
- Definitions & Implications
- Understanding of legal terms such as Sexual Harassment, Employee, Workplace etc. & their impact on Organization
- Implications of non-compliance
- Statutory reporting requirements
- Role of leaders: Tone at the Top
- Discussion on actions & implementation requirements: Healthy measures & good practices
- Applicability & Management’s mandate
- Need for devising & disseminating an internal policy
- Requirement and methods of creating awareness amongst various hierarchies within the organization
- Need and procedure for constituting an Internal Committee
- Understanding the complaints mechanism and management’s obligation
- Conversation around the organization’s stand on the law to create a healthy and inclusive workspace
- Handling of complaints
- Different scenarios faced by the management
- Responding to complaints reported to Management
- Actions to be taken on receipt of inquiry report by IC
- Dealing with challenges (e.g. anonymous complaints, complaints filed on social networking sites)
- This Program is entirely discussion based to prepare action items for future implementation in an organized fashion
Trainer
RITU AGWEKAR:
Ritu Agwekar has been handling matters and Inquiries related to the PoSH Act including conducting inquiries and trainings/awareness programs for Senior Management, employees as well as members of the Internal Committee on the PoSH Legislation (The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Act”) to address Workplace Harassment of Women. She is a member of the Internal Committee for the companies and organizations and has reviewed and scrutinized numerous hearings and inquiries on matters relating to sexual harassment at workplace and Domestic Enquiries. She has reviewed and guided the Internal Committee and provided guidance in providing recommendations to the management alongwith Policy reviews and periodic updates on the latest Circulars, reported cases and Notifications relating to PoSH.
Apart from PoSH, Ritu, who is based out of Pune, Maharashtra (India), with a total work experience of 26 years, practices in the area of Real Estate, General Corporate, Commercial and Contract Laws and has served Clients across all Sectors, from Retail to Corporate. Her forte’ is solution based, balanced transaction closure for the clients. As a part of her professional journey, she has worked with renowned Law Firms of India, in the past, and has handled many complex and high value transactions.
Ritu earned her Law degree from the prestigious Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law College, Pune, from where she graduated in the year 1996.
A few of her accolades include featuring in many Talk Shows, as a Panelist, in Magazines, Ritu was recently recognized and felicitated as the 100 most powerful women in Business by the Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and the Global Council for Promotion of International Trades (GCPIT) – 2021, she also was a nominee for the Nari Shakti Awards – 2018 and was also awarded the Women Achiever Award on International Women’s Day- 2017. Her entrepreneurial fleet includes Founder of Wo-Men (Power Within), enabling co-creation and promoting women economic empowerment.
PoSH Trainings For Management
ELIGIBILITY (Who can apply) : All Employees / Contract Labours
DURATION : 1 Day – upto 5 hours
MODE OF TRAINING : Online / Offline
TRAINING CERTIFICATE : Blockchain Enabled Certificate of Completion shall be issued by Lexschool
FEES
INR 80,000 + GST + OPE (Only in case of Physical Training is required)
Topics Covered
TOPIC
Discussion on law and its background discussion on ic and their roles & responsibilities
Introduction to the Law
- Understanding Employer’s responsibilities under Law, its importance & consequences of non-compliance
- Composition, appointment, removal & term of office of Internal Committee (IC) – Do’s & Don’ts
- The importance of following process prescribed by Law
- Role of IC members & HR in assisting Employer in fulfilling the same
METHODOLOGY
Case laws Discussions Activity & Polling
TOPIC
Discussion on nuances related to the term – sexual harassment discussion on the terms – complainant & respondent discussion on redressal mechanism and dealing with practical challenges
Introduction to the concept of Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment: Types & Criteria
• Sexual harassment: physical vs. virtual
• Workplace harassment vs. sexual harassment
• Nature of complaints you get and how to identify if it’s a sexual harassment complaint
Introduction to other important concepts under Law
• Who can file a complaint?
• Who is an employee?
• What is Workplace?
• Types of complaints
• Against whom can you receive complaints?
• Assistance in filing the complaint
Redressal mechanism and dealing with other challenges
• Process of Conciliation & things to keep in mind
• Process of Inquiry
• Evidence: What is admissible, what is NOT?
• Witness: How to examine and cross-examine?
• Principles of natural justice: what does that mean
• in the real world
• Discussion on malicious complaints
METHODOLOGY
Understanding the concepts & various scenarios through Mock Complaint & Response Copy along with real life examples, case laws, case studies, etc.
TOPIC
Mock inquiry-process of inquiry from a legal & practical perspective understanding drafting of inquiry report
- Setting the guidelines for inquiry (including virtual) with parties
- Handling difficult situations faced by IC
- Challenges arising from examination & cross-examination of Parties
- Challenges arising from examination & cross-examination of Witnesses
- Dealing with the challenge of confidentiality and privacy
- Gathering of evidence virtually and challenges associated with it
- Dealing with challenges arising from electronic communication & other social media platforms
- Role of Management in inquiries and outcome
- Understanding sensitive interviewing skills:
Minimizing the influence of personal biases on the way inquiry is being conducted
b. Focusing on ‘How’ to ask questions
c. Skill of active listening, empathy and paraphrasing - Key things to keep in mind when drafting an inquiry report
- Red Flags: Common lapses & Tips
- Do’s & Don’
METHODOLOGY
Understanding the process through Mock Complaint & Response Copy along with real life examples, case laws, case studies etc.
Trainer
RITU AGWEKAR:
Ritu Agwekar has been handling matters and Inquiries related to the PoSH Act including conducting inquiries and trainings/awareness programs for Senior Management, employees as well as members of the Internal Committee on the PoSH Legislation (The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“Act”) to address Workplace Harassment of Women. She is a member of the Internal Committee for the companies and organizations and has reviewed and scrutinized numerous hearings and inquiries on matters relating to sexual harassment at workplace and Domestic Enquiries. She has reviewed and guided the Internal Committee and provided guidance in providing recommendations to the management alongwith Policy reviews and periodic updates on the latest Circulars, reported cases and Notifications relating to PoSH.
Apart from PoSH, Ritu, who is based out of Pune, Maharashtra (India), with a total work experience of 26 years, practices in the area of Real Estate, General Corporate, Commercial and Contract Laws and has served Clients across all Sectors, from Retail to Corporate. Her forte’ is solution based, balanced transaction closure for the clients. As a part of her professional journey, she has worked with renowned Law Firms of India, in the past, and has handled many complex and high value transactions.
Ritu earned her Law degree from the prestigious Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law College, Pune, from where she graduated in the year 1996.
A few of her accolades include featuring in many Talk Shows, as a Panelist, in Magazines, Ritu was recently recognized and felicitated as the 100 most powerful women in Business by the Confederation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and the Global Council for Promotion of International Trades (GCPIT) – 2021, she also was a nominee for the Nari Shakti Awards – 2018 and was also awarded the Women Achiever Award on International Women’s Day- 2017. Her entrepreneurial fleet includes Founder of Wo-Men (Power Within), enabling co-creation and promoting women economic empowerment.