Sexual Harassment of Women Employees at Workplace- An Analytical Approach in View of the Present Indian Working Society

Abstract

In a developing country like India, with more and more influx of women into professions, which were conventionally and comparatively monopolized by men, the sexual harassment at workplace is gradually surfacing and women have started experiencing the intensity of its bites. The problem has become grave because labour market, as a result of women participation has registered both qualitative and quantitative change. In legal terms, sexual harassment can be termed as any unwelcome sexual conduct on the job that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment which is an offensive conduct related to an employee’s gender that a reasonable woman or man should not have to endure while at work. So, in this paper, it has been analyzed the extent of sexual harassment at workplace and its various other effects and also discussed about the preventive steps which can curb or minimize this social evil.