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Equal Remuneration Act

Section:4 :Equal Remuneration for similar work

Obligation : To ensure equal remuneration to men and women for work of the same or a similar nature

Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Quarterly

Action to be taken:
Establish a policy that ensures that no discrimination in wages is made between men and women for the same work or work of a similar nature strictly on account of the gender of an employee. No employees remuneration can be reduced in order to comply with this obligation.

Audit Requirement:
Is no discrimination made in determining the wage of any type of employee on account of their gender ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance.

Related Triggers:
Hiring a New Employee/Employee Joining The Company

Related Keywords:
Equal Remuneration
Gender Discrimination
Recruitment
Remuneration/Wages/Compensation
Women Employees

Related Sections:
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
Chapter:Payment of remuneration at equal rates to men and women workers and other matters| 4:Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of a similar nature:
(1) No employer shall pay to any worker, employed by him in an establishment or employment, remuneration, whether payable in cash or in kind, at rates less favourable than those at which remuneration is paid by him to the workers of the opposite sex in such establishment or employment for performing the same work or work of a similar nature.

(2) No employer shall, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of sub-section (1), reduce the rate of remuneration of any worker.

(3) Where, in an establishment or employment, the rates or remuneration payable before the commencement of this Act for men and women workers for the same work or work of a similar nature are different only on the ground of sex, then the higher (in cases where there are only two rates), or, as the case may be, the highest (in cases where there are more than two rates), of such rates shall be the rate at which remuneration shall be payable, on and from such commencement, to such men and women workers :

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to entitle a worker to the revision of the rate of remuneration payable to him or her with reference to the service rendered by him or her before the commencement of this Act.