Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

Year: 1976

Enactment Date: 1976-02-11

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 15: Act not to apply in certain special cases.
    1 [15. Act not to apply in certain special cases.--Nothing in this Act shall apply--
         (a) to cases affecting the terms and conditions of a woman's employment in complying with the requirements of any law giving special treatment to women, or
         (b) to any special treatment accorded to women in connection with--
             (i) the birth or expected birth of a child, or
             (ii) the terms and conditions relating to retirement, marriage or death or to any provision made in connection with the retirement, marriage or death.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 49 of 1987, s. 5, for section 15 (w.e.f. 16-12-1987).
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