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HR MANUAL
CHAPTER 6 CONDUCT RULES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
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pursuing Education, when the Employee/ Student has reasonable grounds to believe that his/her
objection would disadvantage his/her employment or work or disrupt the course of study in the
Institute including when it creates a hostile environment, adverse consequences might be visited if

the victim does not consent to the conduct in question or raises any objection thereto – such
conducts amount to sexual harassment.

6.4.2 Preventive Steps:
All Employees or persons in charge of various work places, within the Institute or at any place

where the work of the Institute takes place or at the places of residence of the Institute Employees,
should take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment, without prejudice to the generality of
this obligation and should take steps towards express prohibition of sexual harassment as defined

above at the work place; provide and ensure appropriate work conditions in respect of work, leisure,
health and hygiene to ensure that there is no hostile environment towards the Employee at work
places /Student inside the campus and no Employee/ Student should have reasonable grounds to

believe that he/she is at disadvantage in connection with his/her employment or the course of
study in the Institute.

6.4.3 Proceedings:
In particular, VIT shall ensure that victims or witnesses are not victimized or discriminated against,
while dealing with complaints of sexual harassment. The victims of sexual harassment shall have the

option to seek transfer of the perpetrator or their own transfer.

6.4.4 Disciplinary Action:

Any act of sexual harassment as more fully contained hereinabove shall amount to misconduct and
appropriate disciplinary action shall be initiated in accordance with these rules.

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