Vaishali Bhagwat

POSH Services : Retainer Services and External member Services : Advisory Vaishali is engaged as a retainer by several companies for POSH related services which includes supporting the functions and working of the Internal Committee such as • Draft / review POSH Policy and other related policies such as WFH, Social media , IT Policy, BYOD Policy etc • Support in formation or restructuring of Internal Committees • Advisory on processes, procedures and initiatives for prevention and protection from SH at workplace • Setting agenda and conducting quarterly meetings • preparation of annual report • all other posh related review of documents and procedures • updates on latest amendments and case studies • discussion of POSH cases Inquiry support • Prepare templates to be used during inquiry • preparing inquiry flow • documentation • conducting inquiry as per law • advisory on interim relief measures • Assistance to the committee to record evidence • Assistance to the committee to conduct cross examination • Assistance to the committee to call for information / documents from Third parties for inquiry • preparing charge sheet • drafting inquiry report and recommendations , o Assistance to the committee in case of an inquiry from the Police authorities Training : Vaishali has conducted training for member companies of CII , Pune Chapter and MCCIA, Pune under their joint flagship program “SEEMA” (Stop Exploitation, Molestation ) which was started by the initiative of MP Hon’ble Mrs Anu Aga , MP hon’ble Vandana Chavan and Ex-Director Cummins India Shri Pradeep Bhargava She has been invited by the Goa Chamber of Commerce to conduct POSH related training foe in member Companies and was also invited to conduct a "Masterclass on Sexual Harassment " by Ernst & Young Mumbai She has also conducted offline as well as online awareness programs for over 8000 employees of several companies from various sectors such Manufacturing, IT/ITES, Banking, Automotive, Gaming, Hospitality, Logistics, healthcare, education and entertainment

Current serving as EM BMC Software, Atlas Copco, Burckhardt Compression, Emerson Process Management, Springer Nature

External Member Retainer, Inquiry, Training , legal support

We specialize in creating awareness on protection against Sexual Harassment at workplace ( POSH ) with clients spread across India. We provide end-to-end POSH compliance services which include retainer-ship services, External member support to ICC and various types of trainings and capacity building programs. We empower our clients with a nuanced understanding of the subject so as to enable them to take fair, unbiased and mature decisions on sensitive and complex issues relating to human interactions and relationships. We have been providing these services since 2013 as per The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and as per Vishakha Guidelines prior to that. We have conducted over 100 inquiries and conducted trainings for more than 10000 pax approximately Adv Vaishali Bhagwat is a master trainer in POSH