Sexual harassment and consensual flirting: The Firm video review

Currently, there is no law against sexual harassment in India. Victims can bring suit using provisions in tort law, the Indian Penal Code and labour law. But as Firstsource India president-HR and country manager Aashu Calapa points out: "Considering the social taboos still associated with sexual harassment and the long pendency in courts, these provisions have never been successfully invoked." This week's The Firm asks whether we are doing too little too late about sexual harassment as the Protection Against Sexual Harassment of Women Bill still awaits enactment long after the government promised to put sexual harassment laws on the books 13 years ago.

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