Women have plenty of power in India to defend themselves against jerks.
But what happens if you can’t get along, and part of getting along at work is dealing with sexual harassment? It’s sad that women get punished in India for complaining about harassment, but it’s the truth at many places.
On 6th August, a journalist heading the Chhattisgarh Bureau of IND 24 registered a complaint of sexual harassment against Navin Purohit, the channel head. To her surprise, the same day, she was issued a letter of termination by the CEO, Deepak Pundhir.
The termination letter read somewhat like this:
The Inspector General of Raipur, G. P. Singh, has dispatched teams to Bhopal and Agra and has assured that actions will be taken against the CEO and the channel head.
Subjecting an employee to sexual harassment in office and then firing the woman for attempting to protect her rights is nothing but illegal.
What’s important here, is that the law is not strong enough to protect employees from employers who complain about sexual harassment.
News Source: The Hoot
