Description
Bloomsbury India Understanding Workplace Laws For Women In India by Esha Shekhar and Neha Koshy
About the Book
The book is a practical guide providing a practical and simplified analysis of the labour laws applicable to women at workplaces in India. The consolidated guidebook aims to provide a ready for reference understanding of the concepts and procedures of the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the various provisions relating to female employees and workers under the new 2020 Labour Codes. The book will act as a guide on the concepts and procedures in the laws covered along with an in-depth analysis of relevant case laws. This book is intended for use by the collective audience of lawyers, compliance professionals, in-house legal counsels and human resource professionals who wish to understand, implement and reliably interpret the various provisions of labour laws geared towards female employees and workers at workplace.
Key Features
• Conceptual guide aimed at a wide array of readers such as lawyers, compliance professionals, in-house legal counsels and human resource professionals.
• Real-world guide on the applicability, compliance guidelines and inquiry procedure defined under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
• Simplified and consolidated analysis under the new 2020 Labour Codes:
- law and procedure on maternity benefits for female employees under the Code on Social Security, 2020;
- safety and welfare provisions applicable to female factory workers under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020;
- equal remuneration under the Code on Wages, 2019;
• Consolidated guide to provisions specific to female employees at shops and establishments under key state-specific shops and establishment legislations.
• Ready reference comparative table of the provisions in the erstwhile and parallel changes brought about by the applicable 2020 Labour Codes (as on 20.1.2021)
• Detailed analysis of the case laws and judicial precedents on every topic.
Highlights
• Conceptual guide aimed at a wide array of readers such as lawyers, compliance professionals, in house legal counsels and human resource professionals.
• Real world guide on compliance guidelines for companies and detailed inquiry procedure under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
• Ready referencer to understand provisions applicable to working women under Code of Social Security, 2020, Code on Wages, 2020, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 and key Shops and Establishments legislations across the country.
• Detailed analysis of the case laws and judicial precedents on every topic.
About the author
Esha Shekhar
Esha Shekhar is an independent corporate counsel based in New Delhi. In her 8+ years of experience, she has worn many hats as a lawyer in her professional journey: as a legal journalist, litigator, entrepreneur and corporate counsel to small and medium sized businesses across India. She specializes in implementing anti-sexual harassment at workplace law at workplaces. She has conducted training sessions, provided advisory services including work as an external member and conduct investigations, under POSH Act, 2013 at more than 50 organisations across the country. She works closely with the Department of Women and Child Development in Chhattisgarh to conduct legal capacity building trainings on POSH Act, 2013 and other gender based laws for state-departmental ICCs, Local Committees and members of Crisis Intervention Centres set up in the state. She has prepared numerous guidebooks (in English and Hindi) to educate government officers on gender based laws at workplaces. She is also a Managing Trustee at Initiatives for Inclusion Foundation (IIF), a non-profit organization through which she filed a public interest litigation (ongoing) at the Supreme Court of India to ensure compliance with the anti-sexual harassment at workplace law of India.
Neha Koshy
Neha Koshy is an in-house lawyer, based out of Gurgaon. As an in-house lawyer, she has worked with the Internal Complaints Committee of her organization and continuously advises the internal teams on matters relating to implementing labour laws and organizational policies. Prior to her job as an in-house counsel she worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Trilegal. At these firms she advised financial institutions, private equity funds and banks on matters of company law and financial regulations. Along with her job as an in-house lawyer, she also operates a legal aid clinic in Bhondsi, Haryana to provide legal assistance to victims of sexual assault, harrassment and domestic violence. She also advises small and medium enterprises on setting up internal complaints committee and implementation of laws for working women on a pro-bono basis.