Indian workplaces with 10+ employees must comply with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act 2013. Garuda gives you the Internal Committee, the complaint pathway, the annual training, and the statutory report — with confidentiality enforced at the database level.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act 2013 places six explicit obligations on every workplace with 10+ employees. Garuda covers all six.
Enforces the §4(2) shape: woman Presiding Officer, 2+ employee members, 1+ external NGO/lawyer member. Refuses to save an invalid IC.
Three-year terms per member. Auto-reminders 60 days before expiry. Re-nomination workflow with audit trail.
Multi-branch organisations — each branch with 10+ women employees needs its own IC. Garuda manages each one separately.
IC members must be trained. Built-in training module + completion tracking + refresher every two years.
Auto-generated IC poster (Form 6) and contact card for the workplace noticeboard. Multilingual: English + Hindi + state language.
A reserved internal email + portal URL only IC members can read. Complainants can also choose paper, voice, or in-person.
Every step in the statutory pipeline — with the 90-day clock running visibly, and confidentiality enforced at every step.
Day 0
Web, app, mailbox, voice note, or assisted entry by an IC member. Encrypted at rest.
Day 1–7
Optional, at complainant's request. Both parties sign. Settlement filed with DO if accepted.
Day 7–80
Hearings scheduled; witnesses summoned; written statements collected; documents exhibited. All logged.
Day 80–90
IC findings + recommendations. Stored as immutable PDF; signed by all members.
Day 90–100
Employer implements §13(3) action within 60 days. Closure noted; both parties informed.
§16 of the Act mandates confidentiality. Garuda enforces it in the database, not just in policy. PoSH case records are encrypted with a separate key. Only nominated IC members can decrypt — and every decryption is logged.
Who can see what
| Role | Case files | Case count |
|---|---|---|
| IC member | ✓ Full | ✓ |
| SuperAdmin | ✗ Encrypted | ✓ |
| HR Manager | ✗ Encrypted | ✓ Anon |
| Manager | ✗ | ✗ |
| Complainant | ✓ Own only | — |
| Respondent | ✓ Limited | — |
| District Officer | via §21 report | ✓ Aggregate |
Pre-loaded PoSH awareness course — what counts as harassment, what doesn't, how to complain, what happens next. Available in 10 Indian languages.
By 31 January each year, every employer must file an annual report with the District Officer. Garuda generates it from case data — Form 6, exactly per the rules.
We'll walk you through composition, training, complaint-channel setup, and Form-6 generation. Free workshop, no obligation.
PoSH compliance is a legal obligation under Indian law. Garuda Yantra is not a law firm; this module provides software to support compliance. Engage qualified counsel for legal opinions.