PoSH Awareness Assessment — Test Understanding, Not Just Attendance
Completing a training programme and understanding it are two different things. This assessment finds out which one happened.
What the Assessment Covers
The PoSH awareness assessment tests employee knowledge of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 — across the areas that matter for compliance and for genuine workplace safety.
What the PoSH Act covers. The legal definition of sexual harassment, the distinction between quid pro quo harassment and hostile work environment, and the scope of the Act — who is protected, where it applies, and which employees and contractors fall within its reach.
Recognising harassment. Scenario-based questions that test whether employees can identify behaviours that constitute violations — including situations that are less obvious than outright misconduct: comments that cross a line, digital behaviour, bystander situations.
The complaint process. What employees need to know about how to report, who the Internal Committee is, what happens after a complaint is filed, and what confidentiality protections exist.
Manager responsibilities. What the Act specifically requires of managers who observe or are made aware of harassment — and why the obligations are different from those of general employees.
Format and Access
Individual access
Employees take the assessment online, at their own pace. Results are displayed on completion. A certificate is generated automatically for employees who meet the passing threshold.
Bulk enrolment for organisations
HR and compliance teams can enrol cohorts directly — uploading an employee list and managing completion through a dashboard. The dashboard shows completion rates, scores, and certificate status for every employee in the cohort. Reports are exportable for audit documentation.
Assessment results are kept separate from individual employee records unless the organisation specifies otherwise. The purpose of the assessment is measurement of understanding, not performance evaluation.
Why This Is Different From an Annual Compliance Quiz
Most PoSH quizzes are an afterthought — a ten-question true/false assessment appended to a training module because completion data is required. The questions are either too easy to be meaningful or too legalistic to be useful.
This assessment is designed to test applied understanding: not whether employees can reproduce a definition, but whether they can recognise a situation and know what to do about it. That means scenario-based questions where the correct response requires judgement, not just recall.
It also means the results are meaningful to the HR team. An organisation that knows 87% of employees passed the assessment knows something about the training's effectiveness. An organisation that only knows 94% completed the module knows considerably less.
Certificates and Compliance Documentation
Every employee who passes the assessment receives a completion certificate showing their name, organisation, date of completion, and assessment score. This certificate serves as documentation that the organisation has gone beyond attendance-only compliance — that employees were tested on their understanding, not just their presence.
For audit purposes: the HR dashboard provides a full export of employee names, completion dates, scores, and certificate status. This is the documentation required to demonstrate compliance with the PoSH Act's awareness programme requirement.
Pricing
Pricing is per employee, with volume rates for larger organisations. Contact us for a quote.
FAQs
What does the PoSH assessment test?▼
The PoSH awareness assessment tests employee knowledge of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013 — including: the legal definition of sexual harassment, the scope of the Act, how to recognise harassment in realistic workplace scenarios, the complaint process and what it involves, and the specific responsibilities of managers. It uses scenario-based questions to test applied understanding rather than definition recall.
Is the PoSH assessment legally valid for compliance purposes?▼
Yes. The PoSH Act requires employers to conduct awareness programmes — and demonstrating that employees were assessed on their understanding strengthens compliance documentation beyond attendance records alone. The assessment generates completion certificates and an audit-ready completion report for HR teams.
How long does the assessment take?▼
The assessment takes approximately 15–20 minutes to complete. It is designed to be completed in a single sitting and is accessible on desktop and mobile browsers.
Does the assessment provide a completion certificate?▼
Yes. Employees who meet the passing threshold receive a certificate showing their name, organisation, date, and score. The HR dashboard maintains a record of all certificates issued, which can be exported for audit purposes.
Can we run this for our IC members separately?▼
The current assessment covers general employee awareness of the PoSH Act. Contact us if you need a separate assessment specifically scoped for Internal Committee members and their particular legal responsibilities.
How do we enrol our entire organisation?▼
Through the HR admin dashboard — upload an employee list, send access links, and track completion from a single view. Contact us to set up bulk access for your organisation.