The 2013 report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, published by the UGT union, points out that policies in favor of equality have been slowing down in collective negotiations. The union says this is due to the crisis and, most importantly, to the changes introduced by the 2012 labor law reform, which made collective bargaining weaker.
Equality policies are losing ground and ending up in the background. This is the conclusion of the 4th annual report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, based on analyses carried out by labor law experts at the Complutense University of Madrid. The Observatory, created in 2010 with funding from the Women’s Institute and the European Social Fund, looks into a wide sample of collective agreements signed every year – sectoral or company...
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