Sri Vijaya Puram, 16 May: Fifty women employed in construction and hospitality assembled in Delanipur Community Hall today for a primer on wage rights, social security lanes and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, delivered by the State Hub for Empowerment of Women in partnership with the Labour Department. Labour inspector Vijita Devi outlined mandatory insurance and maternity benefits available through ESIC and Building-and-Other-Construction-Workers cess funds, urging participants to keep wage slips and identity proofs updated to avoid claim delays.
POSH law specialists Nitu Sindhu, Hemlatha and Deepa Laxmi broke down what constitutes a hostile workplace, from verbal innuendo to quid-pro-quo threats, stressing that written complaints trigger a confidential internal-committee probe within ten days. An interactive segment fielded queries on anonymous tip-offs and retaliation safeguards. Organisers plan follow-up clinics at industrial clusters in Bakultala and Chiriyatapu to ensure message penetration beyond urban limits.
