The Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassement at Workplace Bill, 2007

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) “aggrieved woman” means any woman employee against whom any act of sexual harassment is alleged to have been committed;

(b) “appropriate Government” means in relation to a workplace which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly-

(i) by the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central Government;

(ii) by the State Government, the State Government.

(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Committee or of the District Committee, as the case may be;

(d) “Committee” means an Internal Complaints Committee constituted under section 4;

(e) “District Officer” means an officer appointed under section 5;

(e) “District Officer” means an officer appointed under section 5;

(f) “employee” means a person employed at a workplace for any work on regular, temporary, ad-hoc or daily wage basis, either directly or by or through an agent, including a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, or working on a voluntary basis or otherwise, whether the terms of employment are express or implied and includes a domestic worker, a co-worker, a contract worker, probationer, trainee, apprentice or by any other name called;

(g) “employer” means:-

(i) in relation to any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit of the appropriate Government or a local authority, the head of that department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit or such other officer as the appropriate Government or the local authority, as the case may be, may by an order specify in this behalf;

(ii) in any workplace not covered under clause (i), any person responsible for the management, supervision and control of the of the workplace;

(h) “Local Committee” means the Local Complaints Committee constituted under section 6;

(i) “member“ means a member of the Committee or of the Local Committee, as the case may be;

(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(k) “respondent” means a person against whom a complaint has been made under section 7;

(l) “Workplace” means:-

(i) any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government or the local authority or a Government company or a corporation or a co-operative society;

(ii) any private sector organisation or a private venture, undertaking, enterprise, institution, establishment, society, unit or service provider carrying on commercial, professional, vocational, educational, industrial or financial activities including production, supply, sale, distribution or service;

(iii) a house or dwelling place;

(iv) and includes any place visited by the employee arising out of, or during and in the course of, employment;

(v) “Unorganized Sector” which shall come within the meaning of “workplace”, means all private unincorporated enterprises including own account enterprises engaged in any agriculture, industry, trade and/or business and includes sectors as mentioned in the schedule, being illustrative.

Prevention of sexual harassment at workplace.