The justice system is giving the El Corte Inglés superstore three months to implement measures to reduce the gender pay gap, at the risk of financial penalties. The Chamber for social and labor matters of the high court (audiencia nacional) partially gave satisfaction to the CCOO and UGT unions which had condemned the company’s failure to apply the commitments made when signing the equality program in 2008. The trade unions say this ruling amounts to the statutory recognition of equality programs and of the obligation companies have to respect the commitments made. (Ref. 130380)
The ruling confirms the first decree issued in January 2013 and tells the group to apply it, at the risk of penalties. According to CCOO, this decision should affect about 25,000 employees, especially those who have been in the company for more than 10 years.
Equality program signed in 2008. El Corte Inglés was one of the first businesses in the sector to sign an equality program, in 2008, in keeping with the 2007 law providing that all businesses with 250+ employees had to do an evaluation to spot possible discriminatory practices and take measures to rectify unfairness.
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