EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT

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Preliminary
Section 1 : Short title, extent and commencement

Section 2 : Definitions

Section 3 : Act to have overriding effect

Payment of remuneration at equal rates to men and women workers and other matters
Section 4 : Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of a similar nature

Section 5 : No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers

Section 6 : Advisory Committee

Section 7 : Power of appropriate Government to appoint authorities for hearing and deciding claims and complaints

Miscellaneous
Section 8 : Duty of employers to maintain registers

Section 9 : Inspectors

Section 10 : Penalties

Section 11 : Offences by companies

Section 12 : Cognizance and trial of offences

Section 13 : Power to make rules

Section 14 : Power of Central Government to give directions

Section 15 : Act not to apply in certain special cases

Section 16 : Power to make declaration

Section 17 : Power to remove difficulties

Section 18 : Repeal and saving