Interns, trainees and contract workers are “employees” under the POSH Act, and nothing in it ends the right to complain on leaving. The real limit is the 3-month clock from the last incident.
The POSH Act has no withdrawal section, but section 10 allows conciliation at the woman’s request. What it allows, what it bars, and what happens next.
POSH शिकायत से अपील तक हर चरण की समय-सीमा: 90 दिन की जाँच, 10 दिन में रिपोर्ट, 60 दिन में कार्रवाई और 90 दिन में अपील, एक उदाहरण टाइमलाइन के साथ।
When the POSH complaint is against the employer, the Internal Committee cannot hear it. Here is how the Local Committee route under s.6(1) works.
The POSH Act protects an aggrieved woman, so a man cannot complain under it about harassment of himself. Here is what men can do instead.
The POSH Act never says “online”, yet its open workplace definition covers work from home, and High Court rulings reach WhatsApp chats and colleagues in other states.
What the POSH external member does at each stage of an inquiry, how they are paid, how long they serve, and what courts have said about the seat.
Who can be the Presiding Officer of a POSH Internal Committee, whether she can be junior to the person accused, and what to do when no senior woman is available.
Section 4(1) of the POSH Act speaks of offices at different places. Here is what it requires for branches, sites and remote staff, plus committee composition and penalty.
The Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling in Dr Sohail Malik v. Union of India explains which Internal Committee inquires when the person accused works for another organisation.
