India's Code on Wages guarantees equal pay for the same work or work of a similar nature — not the broader equal-value standard — and prescribes no job-evaluation method. India has ratified ILO Convention 100, leaving a gap between treaty and domestic law.
Equal pay for same or similar work; not equal value.
Compensable factors referenced: Skill, effort, responsibility, conditions (within 'similar work' definition only).
India currently has no job-evaluation mandate: its equal pay protections apply to the same or substantially similar work, not to different jobs of equal value. Multinational employers should note the gap — pay structures that are compliant here may still need equal-value justification in other jurisdictions, and structured job evaluation remains the recognized good practice for building defensible pay systems.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-11