CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Following a public-interest concern, the appropriate Government issues a written order calling on Kaveri Logistics Ltd. and the District Officer of Pune for information on sexual harassment and authorises an officer to inspect records and the workplace. Which statement is correct?
Both the employer and the District Officer must produce on demand all information, records and documents in their custody that bear on the inspection. The appropriate Government may order inspection of records and the workplace when satisfied it is necessary in public interest or women employees' interest. No Committee consent is needed.
- AThe order is valid only if the Internal Committee consents in writing
- BInspection may cover records only, not the workplace
- COnly the employer must produce documents, as the District Officer is exempt
- DBoth the employer and the District Officer must produce on demand the information and records in their custody having a bearing on the inspectionCorrect
Explanation
Section 25(1) allows the appropriate Government, if satisfied it is necessary in public interest or in the interest of women employees, to call for information from an employer or District Officer and authorise inspection of records and workplace. Section 25(2) obliges every employer and District Officer to produce relevant records on demand. The exemption and records-only options contradict this.
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