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MDP on Labour Law Compliances and PoSH

  Regional Labour Law Compliances

A decade of the POSH Act: BY Akshi Chawla, CEDA

  A decade of the POSH Act: What the data tells us about how India Inc., has fared   Akshi Chawla   Director, CEDA akshi.chawla@ashoka.edu.in The number of cases being reported by India Inc. has increased over the years. However, most cases are being reported by a small set of companies, raising concerns of possibly poor awareness and compliance at large   Key highlights There has been an increase in the number of cases of sexual harassment reported by Indian companies in their annual reports over the past decade The number of complaints have been growing faster than the number of complaints that have been resolved However, only a fraction of companies have been reporting cases, while several companies have been reporting zero cases, often for multiple years Nearly all the cases that have been reported have been reported in larger companies (ranked in the top 100 on the National Stock Exchange). Medium a...