• Shwetha

One of the harsh realities of the 21st century is the existence of a persistence gap between the wages of men and women around the world. Wage difference on gender basis has been a great global concern for over a century now. Even after the passing of The Equal Remuneration Act 1976 which guarantees equal rights to women in terms of wages as compared to male counterparts, it is clearly visible that the women labour is still paid lesser wages than male counterparts even for the same type of work. In this paper, we have attempted to show how lower wages of women are socially justified with the help of occupational segregation along with the notion of considering them as secondary earners compared to men despite the implementation of Equal Remuneration Act. The paper consists of three case studies. The first case is based on the cashew workers of Kerala where it is observed that a strict gender division is observed where women continue to work in lower paid occupations. The second case is about the agricultural occupations in India and the third case shows how discriminating is MGNREGA in terms of wage payments.

gender, wage, occupational-segregation, MGNREGA

"Gender Wage Gap: A case of non-implementation of Equal Remuneration Act", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.437-449, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811758.pdf

"Gender Wage Gap: A case of non-implementation of Equal Remuneration Act", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp437-449, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811758.pdf