Home » Legal developments » National legislation » Spain: new measures adopted to guarantee workplace gender equality Spain: new measures adopted to guarantee workplace gender equality On 13 October, Spain’s government approved two decree-laws that were published the following day in the Official Bulletin. The first decree-law regulates the requirement for companies to keep salary records that are broken down by gender, professional classification and remuneration. The second decree-law provides details on the application and minimum contents of corporate equality plans. Both of these new rules define the arrangements for implementing two points of the Law on Urgent Measures for the Guarantee of Equal Treatment and Employment Opportunities, which was enacted in March 2019 (c.f. article No.11030), and which aimed to both eliminate salary gaps, and guarantee employees’ rights to work-life balance and parenting co-responsibility. Through . Published on 14 October 2020 à 13h27 - Update on 14 October 2020 à 13h27 Resources Companies will have a six-month adaptation period to implement transparent pay-scale information and to prepare the implementation of their equality plans. Decree-Law on the establishment of registers to monitor gender pay equality. The text develops arrangements for companies implementing salary registers, taking into account jobs of equal value, by age, by position, and by gender,… 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 messageCommentsThis 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