Mumbai: India’s top 30 blue-chip companies saw a 6.2% rise in the number of sexual harassment complaints in the last fiscal, which experts said is a sign of employees feeling safer about speaking out.
“I believe the current year will be a tectonic shift in POSH reporting and compliance, as the Supreme Court has not only made it mandatory for all companies (big or small) to register their internal complaints committees (IC) on the Government of India’s SHe-Box Portal, but has also directed surveys to be done by labour commissioners in each district to oversee compliance,” Kedia said.
BSE 30 companies received a total of 958 sexual harassment complaints from their employees in FY25, up from 902 in FY24, according to data put together for ET by Complykaro, which advises companies on prevention of sexual harassment, or POSH compliance. Vishal Kedia, founder of Complykaro, said a steady increase in complaints reiterates the effectiveness of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, known as POSH Act.