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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 NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 Act to have overriding effect.
4 Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of a similar nature.
5 No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers.
6 Advisory Committee.
7 Power of appropriate Government to appoint authorities for hearing and deciding claims and complaints.
8 Duty of employers to maintain registers.
9 Inspectors.
10 Penalties.
11 Offences by companies.
12 Cognizance and trial of offences.
13 Power to make rules.
14 Power of Central Government to give directions.
15 Act not to apply in certain special cases.
16 Power to make declaration.
17 Power to remove difficulties.
18 Repeal and saving.
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