21-07-2025
Employers engaging over 10 employees directed to establish ICC to protect women at work
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, has been enacted with an objective to provide protection to women and for the redressal of such complaints.
This Act mandates constitution of Internal Complaints Committee by the employers of all the establishments employing 10 or more workers, to conduct inquiry related to the complaints on sexual harassment at the workplace received from their women employees.
Any non-compliance on the part of employers with respect to the provisions of the Act will entail penalty of upto ₹50,000. Hence all the factories and establishments carrying out building and other construction works in Madurai, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram districts shall constitute the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in their workplace immediately and comply with the regulations stipulated under the said Act.
The members of the ICC and the grievance redressal mechanism of the factory shall be displayed in conspicuous locations on the premises and the construction sites and shall be kept visible to all the employees. The standard operating procedures for the establishments to deal with issues on sexual harassment have been framed by the Government in its G.O. 64 Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Departments and all the employers are instructed to strictly adhere to the guidelines stipulated therein, said A Velmurugan, Joint Director (Industrial Safety and Health) in a press release on Monday.
