Firstly, it is not understood whether you do some background check before employing a person. Usually, a woman employee would not complain like this in the very beginning of her job. There may have been some incident, knowingly or unknowingly which she might have noticed but you might not have noticed. Try first to discuss with her and see what her grievance is and try to solve her problem amicably. If it is necessary, and if you find that she is a complete nuisance and without any reason she is threatening you, you may consider putting an end to her employment to avoid future problems since a person who threatens or blackmails others without a reason cannot be good for the work discipline.
You should have CCTV in your office covering all vulnerable areas. Let it record all events in your office. Secondly, if the woman employee threatens you or blackmails you, it can also be recorded in CCTV or otherwise. Take some other senior employees of the office, preferably woman employees, in confidence about this incident and discuss the issue with them to find out some proper solution. Keep proper office record of the work done by her in an unobtrusive manner. If needed, you may even inform the police about her threats of Section 354 IPC.
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