Equal Remuneration Act : No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers. Indian

Equal Remuneration Act,1976

Act No : 25

Section : No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers.

5. No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers.- On and from the commencement of this Act, no employer shall, while making recruitment for the same work or work of a similar nature, 1*[or in any condition of service subsequent to recruitment such as promotions, training or transfer,] 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: Provided that the provisions of this section shall not affect any priority or reservation for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, ex- servicemen, retrenched employees or any other class or category of persons in the matter of recruitment to the posts in an establishment or employment.