Bill to guarantee equal treatment for women and men at work

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1. The bill seeks to guarantee the right to equal treatment and opportunities for women and men in employment and occupation, both for employees and self-employed workers, in the public and private sectors. It would modify up to seventy provisions in eight different laws.
2. It would require negotiating positive actions in favor of women in collective bargaining when clear factual inequalities compared to men exist, in labor relations, public employment and economically dependent self-employed work. Failure to comply would lead to liability under a system of infractions and penalties.
3. It recognizes work-life balance as an individual, non-transferable right of each worker, and requires employers to take it into account in decisions such as uneven work-hour distribution, geographic relocation or substantial changes in working conditions.
4. It would reform family leave: birth leave for the mother would be reduced to six mandatory weeks, a six-week birth leave would be introduced for the other parent, and a ten-week leave per parent would be created to care for a child under twelve months. If both parents exercise these rights on an equivalent basis, the periods are extended.
5. It recognizes the right to request an adjustment of working hours, including remote work, and reduced hours for infant care. If both parents exercise it on an equivalent basis, the reduction can extend until the baby turns twelve months old.
6. It strengthens protection against dismissal: dismissal during the probationary period due to pregnancy or maternity would be null and void, as would the dismissal of a female victim of gender violencegender violence Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman. for exercising her right to effective judicial protection.
7. It creates the State Office for the Fight against Discrimination on Grounds of Sex in Employment and Occupation, part of the Labor Inspectorate, which would compile statistics to prove inequalities and support the duty to negotiate positive actions.
8. It sets fines depending on the seriousness of the infraction: minor ones from €60 to €625, serious ones from €626 to €6,250 and very serious ones from €6,251 to €50,000.

Who it affects

• Employees in the public or private sector: They would gain equality and work-life balance rights, such as adjusted working hours and family leave.
• Self-employed workers: They could suspend their activity to care for children and would have new guarantees against discriminatory termination.
• Employers: They would have a duty to negotiate positive actions and could be fined for non-compliance.
• Public employees: Work-life balance leave and positive actions in internal promotion would be recognized.
• Victims of gender violence: They would have new protection against dismissal and grounds to interrupt training contracts.

Words worth knowing

Acciones positivas (positive actions)

Specific measures in favor of women to correct factual inequality compared to men.

Negociación colectiva (collective bargaining)

Negotiation between unions and employers or public administrations to set working conditions in collective agreements.

Acuerdos de interés profesional (professional interest agreements)

Agreements regulating the working conditions of economically dependent self-employed people.

Excedencia (unpaid leave)

A situation in which the worker stops providing services and receiving wages, but keeps certain rights and can return to the job.

Presencia o composición equilibrada (balanced presence)

A principle requiring that a body or list include a sufficient presence of both women and men.

gender violence

Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman.

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