The BCCI on Monday ratified the Comprehensive Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) coverage which additionally covers Indian cricketers.
Till now, BCCI didn’t have any particular coverage to take care of instances of sexual harassment. The coverage is relevant to the office-bearers, members of the Apex Council and the IPL Governing Council, moreover cricketers from senior to under-16 stage.
In a nine-page doc with PTI, the BCCI has stated {that a} four-member inside committee will probably be set as much as look into complaints of sexual harassment. It didn’t identify the members throughout its apex council assembly on Monday.
“The Presiding Officer of the IC shall be a woman serving at a senior level at the workplace (“Presiding Officer”),” the coverage states.
“The 2 members of the IC will probably be chosen from amongst the workers, ideally those that are dedicated to girls or have expertise in social work or have authorized information.
“1 member of the IC shall be selected from a non-governmental organization or association committed to women or a person familiar with issues relating to sexual harassment (?external member?). At least half of the members of the IC shall be women.”
The complainant has to file the criticism inside three months from the date of incident and the IC will give seven working days to the accused to reply to the allegations. The respondent will get 10 days to reply.
The ICC will get 90 days from the date of the criticism to finish its investigation and ship its suggestions to the BCCI which can take motion on the identical inside 60 days. The complainant or the respondent can strategy the court docket if he’s not glad with the choice of the BCCI.
“This should be done within 90 days of the receipt of the IC’s report.”
Penalties embody censure, counselling, neighborhood providers, warnings, fines of pay, lack of seniority, termination of employment amongst others.
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BCCI to pay US$ 1.5 million to Emirates Cricket Board to host T20 World Cup
“BCCI is paying the ECB a fixed fee of USD 1.5 million (out of our host fee of USD 13.5 million) and operating costs of USD 5.5 million which will be covered by the ICC. The total fee payable is USD 7Millon,” learn an official observe.
Most of the matches will probably be performed within the UAE.
Oman Cricket, which is internet hosting six matches, receives a payment of USD 400,000.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
