Format of Filing a Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaint

This guide by Nyaaya and Ungender helps those who have faced sexual harassment at the workplace to navigate the legal process in such situations.

Sexual harassment can happen in several ways. Actions such as following a person on the streets or in any public space, peeping into their bedroom, making sexual gestures at them while they are at work or in the classroom, singing lewd songs - all of this is sexual harassment.

The law has provided a detailed mechanism for filing complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace.

Indian law classifies the types of child sexual abuse into different types of crimes, regardless of the child’s gender .

Only women are protected from being sexually harassed at their place of work, but sexual harassment can be done by anyone, male or female.

Generally, you must file a complaint within three months of the incident of sexual harassment that you have faced.