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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

Meera, a manager at a Pune firm, is found by the Internal Committee to have sexually harassed a junior colleague, and the allegation is held proved. The Committee's report goes to the employer. Within what period must the employer act upon the Committee's recommendation after receiving it?

The employer must act on the Committee's recommendation within sixty days of receiving it. Ten days is the limit for the Committee to submit its report after completing the inquiry, not for the employer's action.

  1. ATen days
  2. BThirty days
  3. CSixty daysCorrect
  4. DNinety days

Explanation

Under section 13(4), the employer or District Officer must act upon the recommendation within sixty days of receiving it. Ten days is the period within which the Committee must give its report after the inquiry is completed, so it is the wrong period for the employer's action.

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