Section 4, POSH Act [S10-586]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 9 December 2013.
4. Constitution of Internal Committee.—(1) Every employer of a workplace shall, by an order in writing, constitute a Committee to be known as the "Internal Committee":
Provided that where the offices or administrative units of the workplace are located at different places or divisional or sub-divisional level, the Internal Committee shall be constituted at all administrative units or offices.
[...]
Defined terms in this text (1)
employer: Section 2(l), Wages Code: "employer" means a person who employs, whether directly or through any person, or on his behalf or on behalf of any person, one or more employees in his establishment and where the establishment is carried on by any department of the Central Government or the State Government, the authority specified, by the head of such department, in this behalf or where no authority, is so specified the head of the department and in relation to an establishment carried on by a local authority, the chief executive of that authority, and includes, - (i) in relation to an establishment which is a factory, the occupier of the factory as defined in clause (n) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) and, where a person has been named as a manager of the factory under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the said Act, the person so named; (ii) in relation to any other establishment, the person who, or the authority which, has ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment and where the said affairs is entrusted to a manager or managing director, such manager or managing director; (iii) contractor; and (iv) legal representative of a deceased employer;
employer: Section 2, Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 [S10R57] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "employer" means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment
employer: Section 2, Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1854 [S11KRS] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "employer" means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment
employer: 16 more definitions.
Made under this section, or naming it (0)
none
Cited by (0)
none
Not held (0)
none
Duties published under this section (0)
none