The presentation talks about the Equal rights & Remuneration provided to Women under the Indian Labour Laws.

1. EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT,1976
Presented by: Shekhar Singh

2. HISTORY OF EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT
• The central Industrial Relation Machinery (CIRM) in the Ministry of Labour is
responsible for enforcing this Act.
• It comes under the Labour Law of India, which was enacted in 1950 post
Independence.
• Preamble (INDUTRIAL DISPUTE ACT)
• “An act to provide for the payment of Equal Remuneration to men & women
workers & for the prevention of Discrimination, on the ground of sex, against
women in the matter of employment & for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto”

3. UNDERSTANDING EQUAL REMUNERATION
• The father of Nation “Mahatma Gandhi” once desired that Men & Women should enjoy the
same Rights.
• Payment to Employees, irrespective of their Gender, Caste, Age for Equal value of Work is
Equal Remuneration.
• India’s almost 50% population is Women. So why Discriminate?
• Duty of employer is to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work
or work of a similar nature.
• No discrimination is to be made while recruiting men and women workers.
• Thus it is all about paying & providing Equal Wages & Positions respectively in an Industry.

4. PICTURE DEPICTING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
Women earn just 5,072 compared with men who earn 6,420 for the same work.
If women were paid as much as men, poverty among working single mothers would fall by a third or more.
If women equal men in Workforce, India can contribute $700 billion to world GDP by 2025

5. CONSTITUENTS OF THE ACT
• Article 16 (2) mentions that, “No citizen shall on ground only of sex be ineligible for
or discriminated against in respect of any employment or Office under State.”
• Article 39 (a) states that ‘the Citizens, men & women equally have the right to an
Adequate means of Livelihood.’
• Article 39(d) states that “there is equal pay for equal work for both men & women.”
• Under payment of Gratuity act, 1972, “man” and “woman” mean male and female
human beings, respectively, of any age” should be provided with Gratuity with no
Discrimination.

6. PROVISIONS UNDER LAW
“same work or work of a similar nature”
means work in respect of which the skill,
effort and responsibility required are the
same, when performed under similar
working conditions, by a man or a woman
and the differences.
On and from the commencement of this
Act, no employer shall, while making
recruitment for the same work or work of
a similar nature, make any discrimination
against women except where the
employment of women in such work is
prohibited or restricted by or under any law
for the time being in force.

7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE
For the purpose of providing increasing
employment opportunities for women, the
appropriate Government shall constitute one
or more Advisory Committees to advise it with
regard to the extend to which women may be
employed in such establishments or
employments as the Central Government may,
by notification, specify in this behalf.
Under Central Government
Every Advisory Committee shall consist of not less
than ten persons, to be nominated by the
appropriate Government, of which one-half shall
be women.

8. POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
Non payment of Wages
in the case of a claim arising out
of a non-payment of wages at
equal rates to men and women
workers for the same work or
work of a similar nature, that
payment be made to the worker
of the amount by which the
wages payable to him exceed
the amount actually paid
Authority Appointed
under Sub-section
shall have all the powers of a
Civil Court for the purpose of
taking evidence and of
enforcing the attendance of
witnesses and compelling the
production of documents, and
every such authority shall be
deemed to be a Civil Court for
all the purposes of Section 195
of the Criminal Procedure, 1973
Under Maternity Benefit
Act, 1961
Women be allowed for 26
weeks of Leave, when she’s
expecting a child. The leave
includes pre Birth leave as well
as post birth leave. No
reduction in wages to be made
irrespective of Child’s death or
pre-mature birth. Heavy Penalty
to be imposed on employer if
he/she doesn’t follows the
Norms.

9. CONCLUSION
• In 2013, the male employment-to-population ratio stood at 72.2 per cent,
while the ratio for females was 47.1 per cent in the World.
• There’s still a lot to cope up with, especially if we talk about India, compared
with that of Western Economies.
• Participation of women in India, in the workforce is only 13.9% in the urban
sector and 29.9% in the rural sector
• More Self-Help Groups should come up to be Self Employed instead of being
a Home maker.
• Women should start joining Skill India Initiative by The Hon'ble Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.