About us
POSH Help
POSHHELP is an offshoot of Spherule Foundation, a NGO working across India primarily for bringing about changes in the lives of people. Under POSHHELP initiatives our primary focus is on Prevention Precaution and Redressal of Sexual harassment at work place under POSH ACT 2013 and Company Policies & Compliances.
We assist Corporates, Academicia, Industries, SME, MSME, Start-Ups and various sectors of commerce and ecommerce. POSHHELP also helps in trainings for Diversity Equity and Inclusion, LGBTQIA+, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Cyber and Data Security, Company Policies and Anti Bribery and Anti Corruption (ABAC). We help not only with the Trainings but also forming necessary policies SOPs and KITS.
Creating happy, effective and inclusive
workplaces
Creating Safe Workplaces and contribute towards the goal of gender equal world
Our NGO
Spherule Foundation
Spherule Foundation is an awardee of Samaj Sevi Ratan for outstanding achievement for providing quality education in underprivileged schools, PAD Hero of India for work towards Menstrual Health and hygiene across India and Indian Achievers Award for Leadership. Spherule also made the Guinness Book of World Record by conducting largest awareness sessions on Adolescents’ health. Its Founder, Dr Geeta Bora has received BD Sahitya Akademi Award for authoring an illustrative book on ‘Menstrual Health and Hygiene’ on behalf of the organization.
Spherule Foundation’s Menstrual Hygiene projects and the related impact at the grass roots are listed as ‘Best Practices’ to be followed by the Ministry of Culture, Govt of India & ISRN. A short film on menstrual hygiene, developed by the Foundation has been selected to screen in all the schools and NGOs in Maharashtra. Started in 2016, the organization now works in 11 states in India ( Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa ,Maharashtra and West Bengal)
Requirements
POSH Act
Sexual Harassment violates the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India and her right to life and to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution and right to practice any profession, which includes a right to a safe environment free from Sexual Harassment. Sexual Harassment at the workplace is a horrific violation of an individual’s rights and serious crime.
For prevention of sexual harassment at workplaces and to address the increasing number of complaints of sexual harassment, the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Laws (POSH) Act was introduced. Every Employer having 10 or more employees must constitute an Internal Committee (IC) within the Organization to handle complaints of sexual harassment. The Law is applicable to all kinds of Organizations – Private and Public Sector companies, Government Bodies, Ministries, NGOs, Schools & Colleges etc.
Sexual Harassment
IC Committee
An IC, as the name suggests, is an internal committee of a workplace to receive and
redress complaints of sexual harassment. It is required to consist of a minimum of four
members:
- A Presiding Officer who has to be a woman employed at a senior level at the workplace. She has to be from amongst the employees.
- Two Members from amongst employees. The law says that for these two members, employers should prefer to have employees who are committed to the cause of women or who have had experience in social work or have legal knowledge.
- One Member from amongst non-governmental organisations(NGO) or associations committed to the cause of women or a person familiar with the issues relating to sexual harassment (“External Member”).
Under the POSHHelp initiative of our NGO we help many organizations and corporates in end to end implementation of POSH Compliance and provide other services & Trainings.
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Contact Details
E02 Gokul Garden, Anand Vidya Niketan Road, Viman Nagar, Pune 411014 Maharashtra, India