Women
employees working in government departments can now lodge complaints of sexual
harassment at work place online and can monitor action being taken on them too.
The
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently written to all central
government departments asking them to inform the women employees about many
such features of Sexual Harassment electronic-Box or SHe-Box -- launched by the
Ministry of Women and Child Development on July 24.
“Once
a complaint is submitted to the SHe-Box, it will be directly sent to the
Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the concerned ministry, department,
public sector undertakings, autonomous body, etc., having jurisdiction to
inquire into the complaints,” the DoPT said in a missive.
The
SHe-Box also provides an opportunity to both the complainant and nodal
administrative authority to monitor the progress of inquiry conducted by the
ICCs, it said.
Any
woman working or visiting any office of central government can file complaint
related to sexual harassment at work place through this SHe-Box, the DoPT order
issued yesterday said.
The
status of complaints can be viewed at any time by pressing the tab ‘View Status
of Your Complaints’ within SHe- Box, it said, asking all the government
organisations to inform all employees working under them about the various
features of the SHe-Box.
The
SHe-Box portal can be accessed at www.shebox.nic.in/.
Source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/
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