Section 19 — Duties of employer.

19. Duties of employer.— Every employer shall— 

(a) provide a safe working environment at the workplace with shall include safety from the 

persons coming into contact at the workplace; 

(b) display at any conspicuous place in the workplace, the penal consequences of sexual 

harassments; and the order constituting, the Internal Committee under sub-section (1) of section 4; 

(c) organise workshops and awareness programmes at regular intervals for sensitising the 

employees with the provisions of the Act and orientation programmes for the members of the Internal 

Committee in the manner as may be prescribed; 

(d) provide necessary facilities to the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case 

may be, for dealing with the complaint and conducting an inquiry; 

(e) assist in securing the attendance of respondent and witnesses before the Internal Committee or 

the Local Committee, as the case may be; 

(f) make available such information to the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the 

case be, as it may require having regard to the complaint made under sub-section (1) of section 9; 

(g) provide assistance to the woman if she so chooses to file a complaint in relation to the offence 

under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force; 

(h) cause to initiate action, under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or any other law for the time 

being in force, against the perpetrator, or if the aggrieved woman so desires, where the perpetrator is 

not an employee, in the workplace at which the incident of sexual harassment took place; 



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(i) treat sexual harassment as a misconduct under the service rules and initiate action for such 

misconduct; 

(j) monitor the timely submission of reports by the Internal Committee. 

CHAPTER VII 

DUTIES AND POWERS OF DISTRICT OFFICER