Section 16
Power to make declaration.
The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers and for the prevention of discrimination, on the ground of sex, against women in the matter of employment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Where the appropriate Government is, on a consideration of all
the circumstances of the case, satisfied that the differences in regard to the remuneration, or a particular
species of remuneration, of men and women workers in any establishment or employment is based on a
factor other than sex, it may, by notification, make a declaration to that effect, and any act of the
employer attributable to such a difference shall not be deemed to be a contravention of any provision of
this Act.