{
  "$comment": "Contract A4 seed items. The redressal route in these items is the Local Committee route, because the Company employs fewer than 10 persons and has therefore not constituted an Internal Committee. Generic POSH material teaches the IC and would be WRONG here. If an IC is constituted, credential.json's internal_committee_constituted trigger fires and this file is re-authored.",
  "track": "ashr-posh",
  "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.01",
      "kind": "mcq",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "A complaint is made under the policy. Because of the Company's current size, which body conducts the inquiry?",
      "options": [
        { "key": "a", "text": "An Internal Committee constituted by the Company" },
        { "key": "b", "text": "The district Local Committee, constituted by the District Officer under the Act — the Company employs fewer than 10 persons and is therefore not required to constitute an Internal Committee" },
        { "key": "c", "text": "The Company's board of directors" },
        { "key": "d", "text": "An external law firm appointed by the founders" }
      ],
      "answer_key": { "correct": ["b"] },
      "max_points": 1,
      "policy_ref": "docs/POSH_POLICY.md#6-how-to-raise-a-complaint-redressal-mechanism"
    },
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.02",
      "kind": "mcq",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "How long does a person have to bring a complaint under the policy?",
      "options": [
        { "key": "a", "text": "30 days from the incident, with no extension" },
        { "key": "b", "text": "Within 3 months of the incident, or of the last incident in a series, extendable by a further 3 months for sufficient cause" },
        { "key": "c", "text": "Within the same financial year" },
        { "key": "d", "text": "There is no time limit" }
      ],
      "answer_key": { "correct": ["b"] },
      "max_points": 1,
      "policy_ref": "docs/POSH_POLICY.md#6-how-to-raise-a-complaint-redressal-mechanism"
    },
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.03",
      "kind": "mcq",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "Which pair of timelines does the policy commit to once a complaint has been filed?",
      "options": [
        { "key": "a", "text": "Inquiry completed within 90 days; the Company acts on the recommendations within 60 days of receiving the report" },
        { "key": "b", "text": "Inquiry within 30 days; action within 30 days" },
        { "key": "c", "text": "Inquiry within 180 days; action at the Company's discretion" },
        { "key": "d", "text": "No timeline is fixed; each case is handled on its merits" }
      ],
      "answer_key": { "correct": ["a"] },
      "max_points": 1,
      "policy_ref": "docs/POSH_POLICY.md#7-inquiry-timelines--interim-relief"
    },
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.04",
      "kind": "mcq",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "The person a complainant would normally approach internally is the very person the complaint concerns. What does the policy provide for?",
      "options": [
        { "key": "a", "text": "The complainant must still route it through that person, who then recuses themselves" },
        { "key": "b", "text": "The complainant may approach the Local Committee directly — this is expressly provided for where the complaint is against the designated Point of Contact or a founder" },
        { "key": "c", "text": "The complaint must wait until a different Point of Contact is appointed" },
        { "key": "d", "text": "The complainant must escalate to the board first" }
      ],
      "answer_key": { "correct": ["b"] },
      "max_points": 1,
      "policy_ref": "docs/POSH_POLICY.md#6-how-to-raise-a-complaint-redressal-mechanism"
    },
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.05",
      "kind": "mcq",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "A person raises a concern anonymously through Raise a Concern in ASHR.work and is shown a one-time tracking token. What is that token for, and what should they do with it?",
      "options": [
        { "key": "a", "text": "It is a reference number for the committee's internal filing; the reporter does not need it" },
        { "key": "b", "text": "It is the only way to check the status and read the committee's updates without revealing their identity — it should be stored somewhere safe" },
        { "key": "c", "text": "It reveals the reporter's identity to the committee when used" },
        { "key": "d", "text": "It expires when the committee acknowledges the case" }
      ],
      "answer_key": { "correct": ["b"] },
      "max_points": 1,
      "cites": ["https://ashr.work/help/concerns/raising-a-confidential-concern"]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashr-posh.raising-and-redressal.06",
      "kind": "scenario",
      "domain": "raising-and-redressal",
      "stem": "A colleague tells you privately that another member of the team has been sending them unwelcome messages of a sexual nature on Slack. They ask you not to do anything, because they are afraid it will affect their appraisal and because they do not want anyone to know. Set out what you would tell them about their options and about what the policy protects them from, bearing in mind that this Company has not constituted an Internal Committee.",
      "rubric": {
        "criteria": [
          "recognises that Slack messages between colleagues fall inside the policy's definition of workplace, and does not treat it as a private matter",
          "names both routes honestly: the Company's designated internal Point of Contact, and a written complaint to the district Local Committee — and that the Company will help put a complaint in writing and forward it",
          "states the 3-month window to complain, extendable by a further 3 months for sufficient cause, so the colleague understands the clock without being pressured",
          "states the confidentiality protection: identities and the contents and outcome of a complaint are kept strictly confidential, and a breach of that confidentiality is itself misconduct",
          "addresses the appraisal fear directly with the anti-retaliation protection — no adverse consequence, including an unfavourable assignment or any form of victimisation, for complaining or participating in good faith, and retaliation is a separate act of misconduct",
          "mentions the practical options available in ASHR.work, including raising the concern anonymously with a tracking token, and that interim measures such as adjusting reporting lines, work-from-home or leave can be requested",
          "does not promise an outcome, does not undertake to investigate personally, and does not disclose what they were told beyond what the colleague agrees to"
        ],
        "max_points": 7
      },
      "max_points": 7,
      "policy_ref": "docs/POSH_POLICY.md#6-how-to-raise-a-complaint-redressal-mechanism",
      "cites": ["https://ashr.work/help/concerns/raising-a-confidential-concern"]
    }
  ]
}