The committee register
The Presiding Officer, members and the external member, with their terms, checked against the Act's rules: at least half the members women, and an external member.
HR teams
POSH, from the complaint to the annual report
Keep the Internal Committee properly made up, run each inquiry in the order the Act and Rules set, with a clock on every step, and file the annual report from the same cases.
What your team gets
The inquiry, step by step
Copy to the respondent, the reply, conciliation if asked for, interim relief, hearings, findings, the report, the employer's action and any appeal, each with its date and clock.
A quorum check for hearings
Who sat is recorded for each hearing, and the inquiry checks there were at least three, with the Presiding Officer.
Kept to the committee
A POSH case opens only for the committee and the people it assigns. A compliance head can open one for an hour, with a written reason, and the Presiding Officer is told at once.
A report that can't change
The committee's report is frozen and sealed when it is sent. Corrections to a step need a reason and keep the earlier entry in the history.
Letters in six languages
The cover letter for the complaint copy, meeting invitations, the notice to the person named and the outcome, kept exactly as sent.
The law
The law it helps with
What it asksAn Internal Committee at every office with 10 or more employees: a senior woman presiding, at least half the members women, and one external member.
What the product doesThe register, checked against these rules, with reminders before terms end.
What it asksThe inquiry within 90 days, the respondent's copy within 7 working days and reply within 10, the report within 10 days, and the employer's action within 60 days.
What the product doesEach step with its clock and the rule beside it, inside the case.
What it asksThe complaint, the identities involved and the inquiry kept confidential.
What the product doesAccess limited to the committee and the people it assigns, sealed identities, and every emergency opening shown with who, when and why.
What it asksThe committee's annual report, and the number of cases in the employer's annual report.
What the product doesThe POSH annual report in the order of Rule 14, built from the cases.
A summary, not legal advice. Your lawyers will know which rules apply to your company.
Said plainly
- The product records the inquiry and keeps its clocks. The committee runs it and decides.
- Hearings happen in person or by call, outside the product; the committee records each one.
- The Local Committee, for workplaces with fewer than 10 people, is run by the District Officer, not here.
See it with your own questions
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