Central Employees To Get 3 Months Paid Leave In Sexual Harassment Case New Delhi: A complainant in sexual harassment case will be allowed three months paid leave and she or the charged central government employee can be transferred to other department during the inquiry, according to Office Memorandum F.No.11013/2/2014-Estt (A-II1) dated July 16, issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in such cases. The disciplinary authority has been directed not to dispense with the inquiry in complaints of sexual harassment lightly, arbitrarily or with ulterior motive or merely because the case against the government servant is weak. The committees for checking sexual harassment at work place will have the powers to recommend transfer of the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace, and to grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months. “The leave will not be deducted from her leave account,” it said. Complaints committees have been set up in all ministries and organisations under them in pursuance to the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Vishakha case. These committees are to be headed by a woman and at least half of its members should be women. “In case a woman officer of sufficiently senior level is not available in a particular office, an officer from another office may be so appointed. To prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels, such complaints committees should involve a third party, either an NGO or some other body which is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment,” the DoPT said in its instructions. The aggrieved woman or complainant is required to make a complaint within three months of the incident and in case there has been a series of incidents, three months of the last incident, it said. The complaints committee may, however, extend the time limit for reasons to be recorded in writing, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the complainant from filing a complaint within the stipulated period, the DoPT guidelines said. Sexual harassment includes physical contact and advances, demand or request for sexual favours, sexually coloured remarks, showing any pornography and any other unwelcome physical, verbal, non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature. Besides, implied or explicit promise of preferential or detrimental treatment in employment; implied or explicit threat about her present or future employment status; interference with her work, creating an intimidating, offensive or hostile work environment for her; and humiliating treatment likely to affect her health or safety may also amount to sexual harassment, it said. .

CAMPAIGN TOUR PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA LEADERS FOR ONE DAY STRIKE ON 2ND SEPTEMBER-2015 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE) SL.NO. CIRCLE PLACE LEADERS ATTENDING DATE 1. ANDHRA PRADESH HYDERABAD NFPE          Com. S. Raghupathy,ASG, NFPE                    Com. P Panduranga Rao G/S GDS(NFPE) 27/07 2. ASSAM GUWAHATI NFPE Com. P. Suresh G/S R-IV 27/07 3. BIHAR PATNA NFPE Com. P. Bhattacharya G/S (Admn) 27/07 4. CHATTISGARH RAIPUR NFPE Com. T. Satayanarayana G/S Postal A/C 27/07 5. DELHI NEW DELHI NFPE All General Secretaries 8/8   & 9/8 6. GUJARAT AHAMEDABAD NF PE Com. Giriraj   Singh G/S R-III &         President  NFPE 07/08 7. HARYANA AMBALA NFPE Com.  K.K. Sharma V/P (NFPE) Com. Raj Kumar Treasurer NFPE 27/07 8. HIMACHAL PRADESH SHIMLA NFPE Com.  Balwinder Singh, Treasurer P-3 CHQ 07/08 9. JAMMU & KASHMIR JAMMU NFPE Com. Giriraj Singh G/S R-III & President NFPE 12/08 10. JHARKHAND RANCHI NFPE Com. P. Bhattacharya G/S Admn. 07/08 11. KARNATAKA BANGALORE NFPE Com. J. RamaMurthy , President,    P-3,CHQ 07/08 12. KERALA TRIVANDRUM NFPE Com. S. Raghupathy, AGS NFPE Com. Murugan , Treasurer GDS,NFPE 07/08 13. MADHYA PRADESH BHOPAL NFPE Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE) & G/S P-III 27/07 14. MAHARASHTRA MUMBAI NFPE Com. Giriraj Singh G/S R-III &  President NFPE 03/08 15. NORTH EAST SHILLONG NFPE Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE) & G/S P-III Date  will be decided later 16. ORISSA BHUBANESWAR NFPE Com. T. Satayanarayana G/S Postal  Accounts. Com. Nirmal Singh , AGS GDS(NFPE) 07/08 17. PUNJAB CHANDIGARH NFPE Com. Virendra Tiwary G/S SBCO 07/08 18. RAJASTHAN JAIPUR NFPE Com. R.N. Parashar S/G (NFPE) & G/S P-III 07/08 19. TAMIL NADU CHENNAI NFPE Com. .Manoharan,W/President,NFPE Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-IV & Dy. S/G (NFPE) Com. Dhan Raj Dy. G/S GDS(NFPE) 27/07 20. UTTAR PRADESH LUCKNOW NFPE Com. Giriraj Singh G/S R-III & President NFPE Com. Pramod Kumar Singh    W/P,GDS(NFPE) 27/07 21. UTTARAKHAND NFPE Com. Virendra Tiwary G/S SBCO 27/07 22. WEST BENGAL KOLKATA NFPE Com. R. Seethalaxmi G/S P-IV & Dy.  S/G (NFPE) Com. Bijoy Gopal Sur President           GDS (NFPE) 07/08 INSTRUCTIONS: 1.     Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting. 2.     Circle Secretaries of NFPE should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting.  They should consult each other and finalise the programme and arrange grand meetings.. 3.     Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured. 4.     Circle Unions / Divisional Unions should make maximum effort to make the strike a grand success.  Joint campaign programmes by Circle / Divisional Union Leaders may be organized in all Circles / Divisions. 5.     Strike notice will be served to Secretary, Department of Posts on 11.08.15.  Copy may be served to all Circles / Divisional heads also.  Copy of the strike notice may be down loaded from websites of NFPE & affiliated Unions. 6.     All the Unions are participating in the One Day Strike on 02nd September, 2015, Make the strike cent per cent success.                                                                                                                                                                                      R.N. PARASHAR                                                                                                                                Secretary General NFPE