Paid leave for sexual harassment victims
Paid leave for sexual harassment victims
Instructions have been issued by this Department vide Office Memorandum dated 27.11.2014 regarding Alignment of Service Rules with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013. As per para 6 of the said Office Memorandum, the Complaint Committee will have the powers to recommend to the employer (a) to transfer the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace; or (b) to grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months, which will be in addition to the leave she would be otherwise entitled to.
As per Section 9 of Chapter IV of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident.
The Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
As per Section 9 of Chapter IV of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident.
The Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
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ACC Appointment
The Competent Authority has approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture to Shri Ashok Kumar Angurana, IAS (JK:80), Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture from 15.8.2015 to 23.8.2015 during the absence on leave of Shri Siraj Hussain, IAS (UP:79).
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Communications to people’s representatives
Guidelines were issued on 01.12.2011 to all Ministries / Departments and Chief Secretaries of all States / UTs regarding official dealings between the administration and Member of Parliament and State Legislatures, stating that each communication received from the Member of Parliament, a member of public, a recognized association or a public body has to be acknowledged within 15 days, followed by a reply within the next 15 days of the acknowledgement sent. These guidelines were reiterated vide Secretary (P)’s D.O. dated 09.10.2012 and vide Office Memorandum dated 19.11.2014. These instructions have further been circulated by the State Governments to all their officers.
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