Law Shastra

Note from the Editor:   ‘Explainers’ are a new series at  Ungender Insights . An explainer is a conversation, not a traditional article. At Ungender our explainers aim to answer questions, but not just any question. These are questions that focus on the practical. We feature ready-reckoners or tip-sheets for common situations or terms that one comes across, while aiming to ensure PoSH compliance or implement D&I, in our workspaces. We hope the series proves useful! Diversity and Inclusion  (D&I) is now fast becoming an integral part of corporate governance and a big part of this has been the mandatory enforcement of the  Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013   (PoSH Act). While the PoSH Act comprehensively covers common connotations of what the legal definitions of an “aggrieved woman”, “employer”, “workplace” and ”respondent” are, the definitions in the law are simpler than they turn out to be in actua...