New Delhi, Aug 23: Unhappy over the delay in
enactment of a law against sexual harassment at the workplace,
the National Commission for Women yesterday asked the government
to hasten the process of finalising the bill for the proposed
legislation.
"NCW has framed a bill against sexual harassment at the
workplace and it has been sent to the government. The bill
should have been tabled in the ongoing session of Parliament,"
NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas told reporters here.
"We hope the bill will be presented in the next session
of Parliament," she added.
Vyas said the bill for a first-ever law in the country
against sexual harassment at the workplace was with the Union
Law Ministry at present.
"The law should be brought as soon as possible," she
said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 00:00