Equal opportunity plans are voluntary for companies or entities with less than 250 employees, according to Law 3/2007 of 22 March 2007. In 2012, 21 percent of all companies awarded the label "Equality at the workplace" were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In qualitative terms, this is a remarkable achievement. Minimum requirements for earning this label apply equally to all companies, regardless of their size or legal form. Three small Spanish organizations which have earned this label tell Planet Labor about their equal-opportunity practices. (Ref. 120639)
SMEs play a vital role in the Spanish economy. According to the 2012 SME annual report elaborated by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, 99.88% of firms operating in Spain are SMEs (www.ypyme.org). These firms provide 60% of all of Spain’s employment. Spanish Constitutional Law 3/2007 does not oblige these organizations to implement an equal-opportunity plan. To be precise, there are two exceptions in which SMEs are obliged to develop an equal-opportunity plan (see our dispatch No. 0
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