# The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, Section 16: Power to make declaration

- Act: The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (Act 25 of 1976)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/equal-remuneration-act-1976/section/16/

## Text

Where the appropriate Government is, on a consideration of all the circumstances of the case, satisfied that the differences in regard to the remuneration, or a particular species of remuneration, of men and women workers in any establishment or employment is based on a factor other than sex, it may, by notification, make a declaration to that effect, and any act of the employer attributable to such a difference shall not be deemed to be a contravention of any provision of this Act.

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