BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. To promote gender
equality, employers’ obligation to ensure equal pay has been
clarified. Trend
reports.
This is reflected in the amendments to the Labor Code approved
by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
According to the amendment, an employer is obliged to pay equal
wages to employees performing the same or different work of equal
value, regardless of gender. Equal value of work must be determined
by the employer, taking into account working conditions, the nature
of the work function, and the tariff-specialty characteristics
provided for in the unified tariff-specialty questionnaires in
force.
Consequently, in accordance with the amendments to the Law “On
Guarantees of Gender Equality (Men and Women),” Article 9.1 has
been reworded. Thus, an employer is required to pay equal wages to
employees performing work of equal value, whether the work is the
same or different, regardless of gender. Equal value of work is
determined by the employer in accordance with the requirements of
the Labor Code, taking into account working conditions, the nature
of the job, and the wage-specialization characteristics provided
for in the current unified wage-specialization questionnaires.
