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Equal Remuneration Act - India This Act applies to an extensive range of classes of employment listed in the Schedule which includes the informal sector. It requires employers to pay all workers, remuneration (whether in cash or kind) which is not less than that paid to workers of the opposite sex employed to perform the same or similar work. In order to provide equality of remuneration, employers may not reduce the remuneration of any worker (see s.4 and the Schedule.). Employers must also not discriminate on the basis of sex in the recruitment of workers for the same or similar work, or in any terms or conditions of employment, such as promotion, training or transfer. However, priority reservation in recruitment is allowed in relation to any "class or category of persons". Employers are also subject to record-keeping requirements (see ss. 5 and 8.). Remuneration is defined as the basic wage or salary and includes payments in kind. "Same work or work of a similar nature " is defined as work in respect of which the skill, effort and responsibility are the same when performed under similar working conditions or where any differences are not of practical importance in relation to the conditions of employment (see s.2). The Act is supported by penal provisions and inspectors may be appointed with powers of entry, examination of workers and inspection of registers. Advisory Committees are also established by the Act.
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