WOMEN’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN WORKPLACE: ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

AUTHOR – SHREEDHI GUPTA, STUDENT OF JAMNALAL BAJAJ SCHOOL OF LEGAL STUDIES, BANASTHALI VIDYAPITH

BEST CITATION – SHREEDHI GUPTA, WOMEN’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN WORKPLACE: ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, ILE LEX SPECULUM (ILE LS), 1 (1) OF 2023, PG. 228-232, APIS – 3920 – 0036 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

ABSTRACT

This article examines the contemporary issues surrounding women’s sexual harassment in the workplace. Sexual harassment is behaviour. It is the conduct of unwelcome gestures, request for sexual favours and other verbal or physical harassment of sexual nature. Sexual harassment at workplace is a universal problem, it happens everywhere whether it is a developed nation or a developing nation or an underdeveloped nation, atrocities against women is common. Women are facing the problem of sexual harassment in every sector. To deal with the problem of sexual harassment at workplace government passed the law named POSH ACT 2013. 

The aim of this article is to highlight that what is internal complaint committee, the prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace, its impact on women’s mental and physical health, and the legal and ethical implications of such behaviour. Here we will also explore the measures that can be taken to prevent and address sexual harassment in the workplace.

KEYWORD– POSH Act 2013, Sexual harassment, workplace, women, contemporary issues