The Federal Government introduced the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 (the Act) for protection of women from harassment at the workplace, and requiring every organization to adopt the Code of Conduct prescribed under the Act.
This Act requires all public and private organizations to adopt an internal Code of Conduct (the Code) and a complain/appeals mechanism aimed at establishing a safe working environment, free of intimidation and abuse, for all working women. The word "Organization" has been defined in the Act to include, amongst others, a company as defined in the Companies Ordinance, 1984.
The compliance of the Code, inter-alia, requires the following: