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INDONESIA

Statutory provisions relating to equal remuneration for male and female employees

Appendix IX

Elucidation of the Act (1957) on the Ratification of Convention No. 100 of the International Labour Organisation concerning equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value

the principle of equal remuneration for equal work is guaranteed by article 28 paragraph (3) of the Provisional Constitution which states that everyone performing equal work in equal matters, is entitled to equal remuneration and labour contracts of equal value.

In accordance with this principle, discrimination in labour legislation is never established in the case of remuneration on the basis of sex".

KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Labour Standards Law, 1953

Article 5 (Equal treatment)

An employer shall not discriminate against worker because of sex, or shall not discriminate on the terms of working conditions, because of nationality, creed or social status.

THE PHILIPPINES

Labour Code of the Philippines, 1974 (Third Edition, 1977)

Article 135.

Discrimination prohibited - No employer shall discriminate against any woman with respect to terms and conditions of employment on account of her sex. Equal remuneration shall be paid to both men and women for work of equal value.

THAILAND

Labour Protection Law, 1972

Clause 26

Wages, overtime pay and holiday pay fixed by the employer for work of the same type, quality and quantity shall be equal whether the employee is male or female.