The POSH Act requires documented processes, committee records, and annual reports. Most companies do the minimum. Here's what 'doing it right' looks like — and why it's table stakes for listed GCCs.
Eleven years after the POSH Act, many companies still treat it as a compliance checkbox. That's changing — especially for listed companies and GCCs where parent-company governance demands audit-ready evidence.
The three things auditors look for: (a) an Internal Committee constituted per the Act, with documented member selection; (b) a complaint workflow that timestamps every action end-to-end; and (c) the annual report filed with the District Officer by 31 January.
All three are trivial to get right if your HRMS models them as first-class workflows. They're expensive to get right if you're running spreadsheets and email.