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Module 4 of 7 · 20 min

The equality plan: who needs one and what it contains

Free equality and harassment course: read the module, review with the questions and move on to the next one. At the end, a test and a PDF certificate.

Module 4 of 7 · Course contents

Who

  • Every employer must take measures to prevent discrimination between women and men (article 45.1).
  • Those with 50 or more workers must have an equality plan (article 45.2). Also when their collective agreement requires it or the labour authority agrees it in a penalty procedure.
  • To count the 50, the whole workforce is added up, across all workplaces and contracts; each part-time person counts as one (Royal Decree 901/2020, article 3).

How

  1. The employer must start negotiating it within 3 months of reaching 50 (article 4.1).
  2. First comes a diagnosis covering, among other matters, recruitment, training, promotion, pay and prevention of sexual and sex-based harassment (Organic Law 3/2007, article 46.2).
  3. It must be negotiated, approved and submitted for registration within one year at most from the end of that period (article 4.4).

How long it lasts and where to see it

It cannot last more than four years (article 9.1), has a joint monitoring committee and is entered in a public register (article 11).

In practiceA cleaning company with 40 full-time and 20 part-time staff has 60 people on its workforce: it must have an equality plan even if, «in hours», there are fewer.

Source: Ley Orgánica 3/2007, para la igualdad efectiva de mujeres y hombres (Spanish Equality Act, in Spanish), articles 45 and 46 · Real Decreto 901/2020, por el que se regulan los planes de igualdad y su registro (equality plans, in Spanish), articles 2 to 4, 8, 9 and 11

Quick review

Check that you've understood. These are questions from the final test: tap an answer to see whether it's right and why.

From how many workers is an equality plan mandatory?

Within what period must the employer start negotiating the plan after reaching 50?

What is done before an equality plan is approved?

Module practice test

5 new questions, different from the final test. Tap an answer to see whether it is right, why, and which rule it comes from.

1. Which companies may have an equality plan without being required to?

2. Can a collective agreement require an equality plan from a company with fewer than 50?

3. How often is it checked whether the company has reached 50?

4. Which body monitors compliance with the plan?

5. Can anyone read a registered equality plan?

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