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Prevention of sexual harassment (POSH)
Notes on Indian law filed under Prevention of sexual harassment (POSH). The practice itself is described on its own page.
An Internal Committee inquiry under the 2013 sexual harassment Act runs on clocks of three months, 90 days, ten days and 60 days
Under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, an employer must constitute an Internal Committee (named the Internal Complaints Committee in section 4(1)) by written order, and the inquiry that follows runs on fixed periods: a complaint within three months of the incident, extendable by up to three months, an inquiry completed within 90 days, a report within ten days of completion, action by the employer within 60 days of the recommendation, and an appeal within 90 days.
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