Landmark case · Labour Law – II · Semester 4

Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. v. Audrey D'Costa

AIR 1987 SC 1281 · Supreme Court of India

Confidential lady stenographers did the same work as male stenographers and were entitled to equal remuneration; job labels cannot mask discrimination.

From topic

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 and the wage-code non-discrimination rule — Unit V, Labour Law – II.

Related sections:

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, 4 — Duty to pay equal remuneration to men and women for same work or work of a similar nature
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, 5 — No discrimination in recruitment
Code on Wages, 2019, 3 — Prohibition of gender discrimination in wages