MBA Dept. organizes an Awareness Session on “POSH at Workplace” for Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff
07-Apr-2021
MBA Dept. in collaboration with ISTD (Mangaluru/Udupi Chapter) organized an Awareness Session on “POSH at Workplace” for the employees of Sahyadri. The session saw participation from Engineering & MBA Departments, Administration, Hostel, Placements, Admission, Academics, Security and other departments. Ms. Nivedita Mirajkar, Chairperson of ISTD (Mangaluru/Udupi Chapter) and Ms. Vidya Shenoy, a Life Skills Coach were the resource persons.
Key Takeaways of the session:
• Mantra of Corporate world since 2018 – Gender Diversity & Inclusion
• Today, there is a call to make agricultural equipment women-friendly as majority of women involve actively in agriculture
• The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - Definition of Sexual Harassment and Objectives of the Act
• Organizations with more than 10 employees need to constitute an ICC
• Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), a 4-member committee to handle cases related to Sexual Harassment
• Report on ‘Zero Occurrence’ should go to the Government incase there are NO cases reported
• “Not the intent of what you say, but the impact of what you say” will be considered while handling a Sexual harassment case.
The session was concluded by leaving behind a thought – “Let’s make our work environment safe for all to work in”
