Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Spain: CaixaBank extends its equality plan and includes recognition for the right to disconnect from work Spain: CaixaBank extends its equality plan and includes recognition for the right to disconnect from work On 21 January, and following three years of negotiations, management and trade unions at CaixaBank secured an agreement that completes and extend the scope of the bank’s first equality plan signed back in 2011, and will apply to the bank’s 29,000 employers. The agreement develops a series of measures aimed at fostering both real gender equality and the inclusion of those living with disabilities. In it are fresh commitments to anticipate and prevent harassment-type situations and ensure that safeguarding gender balance and shared responsibility between men and women will not hinder their career prospects. It also includes a section on digital disconnection and the efficient use of working time. Through . Published on 05 February 2020 à 15h45 - Update on 05 February 2020 à 16h01 Resources No work-related communication outside of working hours. The agreement restricts work-related communication (telephone calls, emails, messages) between 19.00 and 08.00 as well as on the weekends and on public holidays. The agreement also states that orders cannot be issued outside of established normal working hours and any such messages will be sent via scheduled messaging so as to deliberately avoid their transmission outside of working hours.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels