Internal Complaints Committee to Prevent Sexual Harrassment of Women at Workplace (ICC-SHW)

Complaint procedure :

Complaint regarding Sexual Harassment against Women can be made either in paper form or by sending e-mail. The Act stipulates that aggrieved woman can make written complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the ICC or to the LCC (in case a complaint is against the employer), within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident. As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013, in case the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical incapacity, a complaint may be filed inter alia by her relative or friend or her co-worker or an officer of the National Commission for Women or State Women's Commission or any person who has knowledge of the incident, with the written consent of the aggrieved woman.

Ministry of Women & Child Development launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic -Box (She-Box) on 24th July, 2017 for registering complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace. The She-Box is an initiative to provide a platform to the women working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions etc.) to file complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace under the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Once a complaint is submitted to She-Box, it will be directly sent to the Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of the concerned Ministry/ Department/ PSU/ Autonomous Body etc. having jurisdiction to inquire into the complaint. The She-Box also provides an opportunity to both the complainant and nodal administrative authority to monitor the progress of inquiry conducted by the ICCs.

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i. Acts/Rules/Advisories/Judgements regarding Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013

Serial No. Title Download/Link
1 The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013 Format: PDF
Size: 4.36 MB
Language: English
2 The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - Hindi Format: PDF
Size: 218 KB
Language: English
3 The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Rules 2013 Format: PDF
Size: 873 KB
Language: English
4 Alignment of Service Rules with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as per DoPT Notification Format: PDF
Size: 621 KB
Language: English
5 Step wise Inquiry Procedure for complaints made under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as prescribed by DoPT Format: PDF
Size: 296 KB
Language: English
6 Appeal Process under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as prescribed by DoPT Format: PDF
Size: 119 KB
Language: English
7 DoPT Notification regarding inquiry of a person senior to ICC Chairperson Format: PDF
Size: 98 KB
Language: English
8 Guidelines for conducting inquiry under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as prescribed by DoPT Format: PDF
Size: 84 KB
Language: English
9 Special Leave to be provided under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as prescribed by DoPT Format: PDF
Size: 330 KB
Language: English

ii. Awareness regarding Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013

Serial No. Title Download/Link
1 Recommended Panel of Institutes or Organizations under sexual harassment of Women at workplace Prevention,Prohibition, and Redressal Act 2013 Format: PDF
Size: 1.57 MB
Language: English
2 Handbook on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013 Format: PDF
Size: 3.30 MB
Language: English
3 Training Module for Two Day Workshop on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013 Format: PDF
Size: 578 KB
Language: English

iii. Orders

Serial No. Title Download/Link
1 Constitution of the Internal Complaint (IC) Committee in DFE, Dehradun Format: PDF
Size: 783 KB
Language: English
2 Constitution of the Internal Complaint (IC) Committee in CASFOS, Dehradun Format: PDF
Size: 1.16 MB
Language: English
3 Constitution of the Internal Complaint (IC) Committee in CASFOS, Coimbatore Format: PDF
Size: 83 KB
Language: English
4 Constitution of the Internal Complaint (IC) Committee in CASFOS, Burnihat Format: PDF
Size: 470 KB
Language: English
5 ICC Members Contact Details Format: PDF
Size: 136 KB
Language: English

Last updated: 14 Jul, 2025