Sexual Assault: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Aug 2024

Survey & Report

Sexual Harassment Reports Surge in Indian Corporates

Aug 21, 2024

PoSH Related Myths and Practices

Myths are not uncommon in business. The topic of sexual harassment topic is no exception. After hand...

Culture & Behaviour

Nov 4, 2022

China prepares new sexual harassment safeguards for women

Chinas top lawmaking body on Monday Dec debated legislation to give women more protection agai...

Industry

Dec 21, 2021

China prepares new sexual harassment safeguards for women

Ex-Alibaba employee warns going public causes victims hurt

An employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba who was fired after she went public with a sexual as...

Industry

Dec 14, 2021

Ex-Alibaba employee warns going public causes victims hurt

Industry

Alibaba fires woman employee who accused boss of sexual harassment

Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba has fired an employee who accused her boss and a client of sexually assaulting her on a business trip after getting her drunk, media reports said on Sunday. The dismissal letter said she had “spread falsehoods that had damaged the company’s reputation”, the BBC reported. The employee went public with her allegations in […]

Dec 13, 2021

Industry

Alibaba fires 10 for leaking sexual assault accusations

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd dismissed 10 employees for publicizing a female colleague’s account of sexual assault allegations against a former manager, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company fired the 10 employees for sharing screenshots of the woman’s post in the public domain after removing watermarks that bore their IDs, the Bloomberg report said, […]

Aug 30, 2021

Jobs

Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry

Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry Supreme Court of India on Wednesday suspended a lower court’s ruling reducing the punishment for a man who groped a girl after the verdict sparked an outcry in a country where crimes against women have become politically contentious. Rights groups and politicians had […]

Jan 28, 2021

Jobs

Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court

Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court Groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Bombay High Court has said. Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of […]

Jan 27, 2021