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.
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.
The right to disconnect from work is extended to in
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