IN OUR COMPANY, WE HAVE TEN MALE EMPLOYEES AND NO FEMALE EMPLOYEES. IS IT NECESSARY TO CONSTITUTE AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE UNDER THE POSH ACT, 2013?

In our company, we have ten male employees and no female employees. Is it necessary to constitute an Internal Committee under the POSH Act, 2013?
→Yes.

→If a workplace does not have any female employees, it is still necessary to constitute an Internal Committee (IC) under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013.

→The POSH Act mandates that every workplace with ten or more employees, regardless of gender composition, must establish an IC to address and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.