the law and opened talks to prepare their plan. The last large businesses to have signed plans were Acciona-Energia and Allianz. However, the schedule is spaced out since the negotiation of equality plans goes with that of collective agreements and follows their renewal deadlines, every 3 or 4 years depending on businesses. It is hard to give a global evaluation, because the obligation to register equality plans is quite recent. It is still too soon to put clear figures on the number of plans negotiated and evaluate their content. Some were signed out of statutory obligation, others were voluntary. We unions can only talk about those where we were involved
- Did you observe major differences in different sectors or types of businesses?