POSH Internal Committee Applicability and Composition Checker
Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 11 August 2026
Check the 10-employee threshold, Internal Committee composition, gender balance and complaint route.
Check Internal Committee compliance
Every office/administrative unit at a different place can require its own Internal Committee.
Committee route
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Composition
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How This Is Calculated
An employer with 10 or more employees at a workplace must constitute an Internal Committee (IC) under the POSH Act — with specified composition requirements (a senior woman employee as presiding officer, employee members, an external member from a specified category, and a minimum proportion of women members) and fixed member terms. Employers below the 10-employee threshold instead route complaints through the district-level Local Committee.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the employee threshold for requiring an Internal Committee under POSH?
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10 or more employees at a workplace — below this threshold, the employer isn't required to constitute its own Internal Committee, and complaints instead go through the government-appointed Local Committee at the district level.
What composition does an Internal Committee need?
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A senior woman employee as presiding officer, at least two employee members, one external member from a specified category (like an NGO working on women's issues), and the Committee must maintain a minimum proportion of women members — missing any composition requirement can make the Committee's constitution non-compliant.
Is there a term limit for Internal Committee members?
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Yes — IC members generally serve fixed terms rather than indefinitely, requiring periodic reconstitution to remain compliant. Check the specific term length that applies.
Scope: Checks Internal Committee (IC, formerly ICC) constitution and compliance requirements under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), based on employer size.
Calculation logic
Applicability: every employer with 10 or more employees at a workplace is required to constitute an Internal Committee (IC) at each office/branch with 10 or more employees.
IC composition requirements: a Presiding Officer who is a woman employed at a senior level, at least 2 members from among employees committed to the cause of women/with experience in social work or legal knowledge, and 1 external member from an NGO/association committed to the cause of women or familiar with sexual harassment issues — at least half of the total IC members must be women, per the specific composition rule.
For an employer with fewer than 10 employees, or for complaints against the employer itself, the complaint is instead addressed to the Local Committee (LC) constituted by the District Officer, not an internal IC — the checker routes the user to this alternative mechanism where the establishment falls below the IC-mandatory threshold.
Inputs and assumptions
10-employee threshold and IC composition requirements follow the current POSH Act provisions.
Annual compliance obligations (annual report filing by the employer, mandatory disclosure of IC details/complaint numbers in the Board's report for companies under Companies Act requirements, and periodic sensitisation/training) are separate, ongoing obligations beyond the initial IC constitution, which the checker flags as continuing compliance points.
Exclusions and edge cases
This checker addresses constitution and compliance-structure requirements — it is not a complaint-filing or dispute-resolution tool; an actual harassment complaint must be filed with and addressed by the constituted IC/LC per the Act's specific inquiry procedure and timelines.
Non-compliance (failure to constitute IC where required) carries a monetary penalty and, for repeat violations, potential cancellation of business licence/registration under the Act — this checker addresses applicability, not penalty exposure for past non-compliance.