IRIS Corp, a specialized integrated HR Solutions company, and Corporate Knowledge Foundation, a primary source of research-oriented knowledge enhancer for Professionals & Corporate Entities, come together to organize a day-long conference on ‘Sexual harassment of women at workplace – prevention & redressal’.

1. New Act encourages women to speak against sexual harassment at
workplace
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2. IRIS Corp, a specialized integrated HR Solutions company, and Corporate Knowledge
Foundation, a primary source of research-oriented knowledge enhancer for Professionals
& Corporate Entities, come together to organize a day-long conference on ‘Sexual
harassment of women at workplace – prevention & redressal’. The conference brought
together 80 professionals from corporates, financial firms, law firms, CAs & CS.
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3. The agenda of the conference was to create awareness about the various sections and facets of The Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, and associated areas
including criminal proceedings, disciplinary action, etc. The primary objective of the Act is to safeguard the
interest of female employees at the workplace on the one hand and on the other hand, provide for punishment in
case of false and malicious representation. Through this conference, IRIS and CKF aimed to enlighten not only the
Female Employees about their rights covered under the law but also Business Owners, Management, Law
Professionals, and HR Managers about the various provisions of the Act.
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4. Cases of sexual harassment at workplace have been the dark underbelly of professional
life for a long time but provisions of the new Act, strict enforcement and prompt action
are now encouraging women to be more candid and complain about such incidents. At the
same time, managers at the workplace need to be ensure that the law is not misused as
the loss of reputation for a person, who is falsely implicated, could be irreparable.
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5. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013 came into force from 9 December 2013. Guidelines issued by Supreme Court of
India in case of Vishakha vs. State of Rajasthan are the basis of the Act.
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6. Speaking at the conference, Mr.Sandeep
Gupta, Director & CFO, IRIS Corporate
Solutions Private Limited said, “Sexual
harassment is the ugly and
uncomfortable truth of today’s
professional life. The objective of
Conference is to make the workforce –
both Men & Women – aware about the
Issues emanating out of such instances
and how to address them to comply with
the law.”
Mr. G P Madaan – Founder & CEO of Corporate Knowledge Foundation, said, “The
idea behind the Today’s Conference is to sensitize the issues, Law and The
Prevention and redressal mechanism amongst employees and workforce. A proper
understanding of Law may also avoid the likely misuse of Law’s stringent
Provisions against Men and being in true Compliance.”
Mr. Madaan further added that the law alone cannot prevent such abuses. It’s only
the mindset of the individual and the cultural values prevailing in the society which
matter.
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7. Some of the other eminent speakers who contributed were Dr. S. Kumar, Corporate
Lawyer, Former Principal Director, ICSI; Mr. Ashok Arora, Renowned Criminal Lawyer &
Former Secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association; Mr. Avtar Monga; Mr. Sanjiv Dagar,
Managing Counsel of Legajoist – Advocates & Solicitors, Ms. Shalini Khanna, Hony
Secretary, NAB-India Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies.
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8. Thank you.