POSH—Prevention of Sexual Harassment—refers to India’s legal framework for ensuring safety, equality, and
dignity in the workplace. Through POSH policies and programmes, organisations comply with the legal
mandate to protect their employees from sexual harassment and provide a work environment where
employees feel physically, emotionally, and psychologically safe.
Complying with the requirements of the POSH Act involves:
- Designing a POSH policy according to legal requirements.
- Providing education and training to various organisational groups.
- Establishing a well-functioning Internal Complaints
Committee that manages:
- POSH policies and processes
- Investigation and redressal of complaints
- Reporting and legal compliance
How MARG can help
We offer a variety of services to help you comply with the POSH Act, including:
Training and awareness programmes
Our programmes are designed to familiarise
and educate employees, managers, and HR
on their rights and responsibilities in
preventing sexual harassment in the
workplace.
POSH advisory services
Our experts provide assistance with:
- Creating POSH policies for organisations
- Reviewing existing policies for compliance
- Setting up an Internal Complaints Committee
- Designing committee processes for managing complaints.
Each of our services is:
Customised for you
We tailor our training programmes and POSH policy development to address your challenges and meet your objectives, always keeping the audience in mind.
Backed by expertise
Every training and advisory service we offer is designed and delivered based on legal expertise and a robust understanding of the role psychology plays in preventing workplace sexual harassment.
Experiential and interactive
Roleplay, storytelling, interactive activities, and humour make for a fun and relatable learning experience. These approaches help reinforce learning, resulting in greater learning effectiveness.
Measurably effective
We conduct surveys after every session to ensure that your workforce has a thorough and lasting understanding of POSH regulations.
POSH training
Our POSH Training Programme caters to multiple groups, with training approach and content tailored for
specific audiences’ learning needs.
Employees
Our sessions for employees are designed to create awareness on the POSH Act and employee rights and
responsibilities under the Act. Our expert trainers help employees understand:
- What constitutes sexual harassment
- How to assert, recognise, and respect physical and emotional boundaries
- Consent: expressing consent, respecting consent not given, assumption of content
- How to report and handle incidences of harassment
HR teams and managers
Employees in uncomfortable or difficult situations at work generally approach HR or their managers for support
and guidance. So it’s essential for these roles to possess a thorough understanding of the POSH Act and how
it is meant to be followed in the workplace. Through our sessions for managers and HR, we highlight the
importance of creating a healthy culture and outline ways to sensitise employees, set boundaries, raise
concerns, and support the POSH Committee.
Senior leaders
We offer special sessions for senior leaders and top management, including the C-suite and HR heads, to help
them:
- Learn about the POSH Act and its importance in the workplace.
- Understand their roles and responsibilities with regard to POSH.
- Know the POSH compliance requirements and the consequences of non-compliance.
POSH advisory services
The POSH Act legally requires organisations to create a POSH policy and set up an Internal Complaints
Committee to manage sexual harassment complaints. To perform their roles effectively, committee members
must have a comprehensive understanding of:
- The POSH Act and the legal requirements for organisations.
- Implications for organisations in the event of non-compliance.
- How to educate and train employees and other groups on their rights and responsibilities under the Act.
- How to manage, investigate, and make decisions on complaints.
- What is involved in filing annual reports.
Our approach
Complying with the requirements of the POSH Act can
proving challenging, especially if you are unsure
where to begin.
Our consultants walk you through the entire process,
from policy development and committee formation to
establishing procedures for processing complaints
and preparing reports. We also offer support on
specific aspects of POSH compliance, like reviewing
your existing POSH policy or helping Internal
Committee members navigate the complexities of
their roles—either through training or coaching.
POSH resources for organisations
POSH requires employees to regulate their thinking and behavior. This can be challenging, particularly for
employees who have just joined the workforce and are unfamiliar with appropriate workplace behaviour.
Posters and comic strips
MARG offers a creative way to address these challenges. Through posters and comic strips placed at strategic
locations in the workplace, we reinforce POSH guidelines and help employees remain conscious of their
behaviour.
