- This Act will be applicable to the whole of India, that is, this Act will be equally applicable in all the states of India.
- POSH Act is applicable to each and every Company, workspace, establishment, or organization employing 10 or more employees whether full-time, part-time, interns or on contract, irrespective of the nature of the industry of location
- As per the Act, an ‘aggrieved woman’ in relation to a workplace, is a woman of any age, whether employed or not, who alleges to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment. Given that the definition does not necessitate the woman to be an employee, even a customer/ client who may be sexually harassed at a workplace can claim protection under the Act.
- In order for a woman to claim protection under the Act, the incident of sexual harassment should have taken place at the ‘workplace’.
- As per the Act, an ‘aggrieved woman’ in relation to a workplace, is a woman of any age, whether employed or not, who alleges to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment. Given that the definition does not necessitate the woman to be an employee, even a customer/ client who may be sexually harassed at a workplace can claim protection under the Act.
- In order for a woman to claim protection under the Act, the incident of sexual harassment should have taken place at the ‘workplace’.
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