Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaint (POSH)

A correct, complete written complaint to your Internal Committee under Section 9.

You do not have to do this alone

Consider speaking to a lawyer or a trusted support person before you file — DLSA legal aid is free for women. If you face any immediate safety threat, contact the police first. This tool helps you put your complaint in the right form; it is here to help, at your pace.

You (complainant)

Your details, so the Internal Committee can reach you.

Full name *

Email *

Phone *

Your address

Employer and Internal Committee

Where the complaint is addressed and where the IC sits.

Employer / organisation name *

Office address (where the IC sits) *

What happened

The facts, in your own words. Take the time you need.

Person the complaint is against *

Their designation / working relationship to you

Optional.

Each incident with date, time, place, and what happened — facts as you experienced them *

Date of the LAST incident *

This sets the complaint filing window under Section 9.

Witnesses, if any

Optional.

Interim relief you want while the inquiry runs (transfer, leave — Section 12)

Optional.

State

City

Choose delivery

Prepare the complaint to submit yourself, or have us dispatch it.

Evidence & Supporting Documents

Add anything that records what happened — messages, emails, a dated diary note, a medical or counselling record, or a note of who else saw it. Optional, and nothing you add here is shared with the person you are complaining about.

Your evidence: Nothing added yet

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You have not added any evidence yet. You can still send the complaint — but the items below are what a lawyer asks for first, and gathering them now is far easier than later.

What to gather

A written, dated account of each incident — what happened, when, and whereMost importantThe Committee's inquiry starts from your own account. A clear, dated record of each incident — even written today, from memory — is the foundation everything else supports.Write it now, incident by incident, in your own words, with the date or approximate date of each. Memory fades — a record made close to today is worth more than one made just before you file.
Messages, emails, or calls where it happened, or where you told someone at the timeMost importantA message from the respondent, or one where you described what happened to a colleague or friend soon after, corroborates your account independently of memory.Even a message you sent someone else describing the incident, timestamped near when it happened, helps — screenshot the conversation rather than retyping it.
Names of anyone who witnessed an incident, or whom you told soon afterThe Committee can call witnesses to support your account — a name and what they saw or were told carries weight an unsupported statement does not.List anyone who was present, or anyone you told at the time, even if you are unsure they will want to be involved — the Committee decides how to approach them, not you.

This is a checklist of what a lawyer usually asks for first — not a judgement about your case, and never a reason you cannot send the complaint. We go by how you describe each item; nobody opens your files to check them, so tick things off honestly — the list is only useful if it is true. You can add more evidence at any time, and only you and our team can see what you upload.

No evidence added yet

Your complaint is confidential under POSH §16.