{"id":268747,"date":"2022-06-21T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=268747"},"modified":"2022-06-21T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T07:39:06","slug":"government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 07, 2022, the State Government of Haryana has notified certain conditions for employing women during nights shifts in IT, ITEs , Banking establishments, three star or above hotel, logistics and warehousing establishments.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Key conditions are:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Duty of the employer or other responsible persons at work places or institutions to \u00a0prevent\/deter the commission of acts of sexual harassment and to provide the procedures for a resolution, statement or prosecution of acts of sexual harassment by taking all steps required as per the provisions of the sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act, 2013.The employer\/occupier must submit a copy of annual return which is to be submitted to the district authority under the Act and also to the Labour Commissioner, Haryana.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Employers should take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment at workplace;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In case of any criminal case the employer shall initiate appropriate action in accordance with the penal law <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">without delay and also ensure that victims or witnesses are not victimised or discriminated while dealing with <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the complaints of sexual harassment and wherever necessary, at the request of the affected worker, shift or <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">transfer the perpetrator, if circumstances so warrant. The employer shall take appropriate disciplinary action if<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">such conduct amounts to misconduct in employment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The employer shall maintain a complaint redressal mechanism in the shop\/establishment itself and the said <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">mechanism should ensure time-bound treatment of complaints. Such mechanism should be at any rate to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">provide, when necessary a Complaint Committee, a special counsellor or other support services including the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">maintenance of confidentiality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Such Complaint Committee should preferably be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">should be women besides a non-governmental organization\u2019s representation in the committee. Such person <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">should be familiar with the issues of sexual harassment as is prescribed under the \u201cAct\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The female employees should be allowed to raise issues of sexual harassment to workers in the Workers\u2019 <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">meeting and other appropriate forums, written or in electronic form or through a complaint box.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The female employee should be made aware of their rights in particular by prominently notifying the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">guidelines on the subject.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Wherever there is a harassment at the instance of a third party, either by an act or omission, the employer and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">person in charge of the shop\/establishment should take all steps necessary and reasonable to assist the affected<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">person in terms of support and preventive action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Declaration\/consent from each women worker including security guard, supervisors, shift- in-charge or any <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">other women staff to work during night shift i.e. between 07.00PM to 06.00AM shall be obtained and a copy <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of the same shall be forwarded to the Labour Commissioner, Haryana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Employer shall provide proper lighting not only inside the shop\/establishment, but also surrounding of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">shop\/establishment and to all places where the female workers may move out of necessity in the course of such<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">shift.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Employer shall see that the women workers are employed in a batch not less than ten and the total of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">women workers employed in a night shift shall not be less than 2\/3rd of the total strength.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sufficient women security shall be provided during the night shift at the entry as well as exit point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sufficient number of work sheds shall be provided for the female workers to arrive in advance and also leave <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">after the working hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Separate canteen facility shall be provided for the female employees, if number of female employees are more<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">than 50.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Employer shall provide transportation facility to the women workers from their residence and back (for the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">night shift) and security guards (including female security guard) and each transportation vehicle shall also be <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">equipped with CCTV cameras.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Establishment\/management shall provide appropriate medical facilities and also make available at any <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">time of urgency by providing necessary telephone arrangement and where more than hundred women workers <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">are employed in a shift, a separate vehicle be kept ready to meet the emergent situation such as hospitalization,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">whenever there is a case of injury or incidental acts of harassment etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Wherever the establishment\/management provides boarding and lodging arrangements for the women workers, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the same shall be kept exclusively for the women under the control of women wardens or supervisors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">During night shift not less than 1\/3rd of strength of the supervisors or shift-in-charge or other supervisory staff<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">shall be women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">There shall be not less than twelve consecutive hours of rest or gap between the last shifts and the night shift <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">wherever a women worker is changed from day shift to night shift and so also from night shift to day shift.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In other respects, the provisions of the Haryana Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 and the rules <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of other statutory provisions with respect to the hours of work and the payment of Equal Remuneration Act <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and all other Labour Legislations shall be followed by the employer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Female workers who work in night shifts and regular shifts shall have a monthly meeting through their <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">representative with principal employer once in eight weeks as grievance day and the employer shall try to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">comply all just and reasonable grievances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Employer shall be at liberty to employ women workers as a whole or in part during night shift, provided,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the above directions be complied with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Employer shall send a half yearly report to the Labour Commissioner Haryana about the details of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">employees engaged during night shifts and shall also send immediate report, whenever there is some untoward <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">incident, to the Labour Commissioner and local Police Station as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Management will ensure that the Security Incharge \/ Management have maintained the Boarding <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Register\/Digitally signed computerized record consisting the Date, Name of the Model &amp; Manufacturing of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the Vehicle, Vehicle Registration No. \u2018Name of the Driver, Address of the Driver, Phone\/Contract No.\u2019 of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Driver and Time Pick up of the women employees from the establishment destination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 07, 2022, the State Government of Haryana has notified certain conditions for employing women during nights shifts in IT, ITEs <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":256800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislationupdates","category-notifications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On June 07, 2022, the State Government of Haryana has notified certain conditions for employing women during nights shifts in IT, ITEs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-21T08:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/\",\"name\":\"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-21T08:00:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958","og_description":"On June 07, 2022, the State Government of Haryana has notified certain conditions for employing women during nights shifts in IT, ITEs","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-06-21T08:00:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/","name":"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-21T08:00:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/21\/government-of-haryana-notifies-conditions-for-employing-women-during-night-shifts-under-punjab-shop-and-commercial-establishment-act-1958\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government of Haryana notifies conditions for employing women during night shifts under Punjab Shop and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haryana-Government.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":264053,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/21\/in-the-film-industry-would-production-units-have-to-constitute-internal-complaints-committee-to-deal-with-harassment-against-women\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":0},"title":"In the film industry, would production units have to constitute Internal Complaints Committee to deal with harassment against women? Ker HC elaborates","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court: While expressing that, any organisations, establishments, private institutions are employing workers whether for wages or not in contemplation of the provisions of the Act, 2013 coming under the definition of employer, employee and workplace, they are duty bound to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee, \u00a0the Division Bench\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":378366,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/03\/13\/delhi-shops-and-establishments-amendment-act-2026-notified\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":1},"title":"What Has Changed Under the Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2026","author":"Shubhi","date":"March 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi Government has notified Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2026, to improve labour regulations by enhancing work practices and employee protection.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi Shops and Establishments Amendment Act","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Delhi-Shops-and-Establishments-Amendment-Act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Delhi-Shops-and-Establishments-Amendment-Act.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Delhi-Shops-and-Establishments-Amendment-Act.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Delhi-Shops-and-Establishments-Amendment-Act.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":144431,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/07\/24\/sexual-harassment-electronic-box-she-box-for-registering-complaints-related-to-sexual-harassment-at-workplace-launched\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":2},"title":"Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace launched","author":"Saba","date":"July 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched\u00a0an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic\u2013Box (SHe-Box)\u00a0for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace today. The complaint management system has been developed to ensure the effective implementation of\u00a0Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":360481,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/17\/supreme-court-kerala-hc-political-parties-not-workplace-posh-act-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court upholds Kerala HC Verdict: Political Parties are not workplace and not liable to constitute Internal Complaints Committee under POSH Act","author":"Apoorva","date":"September 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court upheld the Kerala HC decision that political parties are not legally obligated to establish an Internal Complaints Committee under the POSH Act, because there is no employer-employee relationship among the members of political parties, and they do not meet the criteria of a \"workplace\" as defined under the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Political Parties not workplace","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Political-Parties-not-workplace.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Political-Parties-not-workplace.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Political-Parties-not-workplace.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Political-Parties-not-workplace.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226014,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/21\/madras-hc-sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace-prevention-prohibition-and-redressal-act-2013-cannot-be-misused-by-women-to-harass-someone-with-non-existent-allegations\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":4},"title":"Madras HC | POSH Act cannot be misused by women to harass someone with non-existent allegations","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and R. Hemalatha, JJ., while addressing the issue of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, held that, \u201cSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is intended to have an equal standing for women in the work\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":193786,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/03\/06\/draft-maharashtra-shops-establishments-regulation-employment-conditions-service-rules-2018-notified\/","url_meta":{"origin":268747,"position":5},"title":"Draft Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2018 Notified","author":"SM","date":"March 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Introduction On 2 February 2018, the Government of Maharashtra (Government) notified draft Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2018 (Draft Rules) under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (2017 Act) for public comments. The Draft Rules,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Shops-and-Establishments.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Shops-and-Establishments.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Shops-and-Establishments.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Shops-and-Establishments.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Shops-and-Establishments.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}