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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