There can’t be any prohibition on
the employer to have different grade of posts in its different units. Court
should avoid application of principle of Equal Pay for Equal Work.
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
& Ors. vs. Dibyendue Bhattacharya. 2011 I CLR 602 (S.C.)
Merely because casually employed
workmen are performing the same task as of regularly employed workmen- can't it
self constitute a legal justification for equal pay for equal work.
Air India Ltd. vs. Presiding
Officer, CGIT & Anr. 2011 LLR 951 (Delhi HC)
Principle of equal pay for equal
work will not be applicable even when the workmen appointed on casual basis are
performing the same duties.
Air India Ltd. vs. Presiding
Officer, CGIT & Anr. 2011 LLR 1080 (Delhi HC)
The demand of equal pay for equal
work not justified on the basis of industry cum region formula. When two units
of the industry are situated in deffernt parts of the country, equal pay can’t
be given to employees of both the units.
Workmen represented by Hyderabad
Asbestos Cement Products Limited vs. Management of M/s Hyderabad Industries
Ltd. 2011 LLR 1269 (Jharkhand HC)
Daily wager not holding any post
is not entitled to invoke the doctrine of 'equal pay for equal work'.
Hindustan Salts Ltd. vs. Drang
Salt Mine Labour Union and Another. 2011 LLR 402 (HP HC)
A railway porter working on a
platform, required to work for railways sometime in handling parcels and
luggage in the custody of railways, cannot be treated at par with the casual
labourers for payment of wages.
South Eastern Railway, Adra
Division, Adra vs. Regional Labour Commissioner, Central, Dhanbad-Cum-Authority
Under the Minimum Wages Act and Another. 2011 (128) FLR 862 (Jharkhand HC)
