#2014-873Law No. 2014-873 of August 4, 2014 for Real Equality between Women and Men
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The law aims to promote real equality between women and men in various aspects of French society, including protection from violence, equal pay, and equal access to professional and political roles. It mandates the state and local authorities to implement integrated policies for gender equality, addressing issues such as workplace discrimination, parental responsibilities, and the promotion of women's rights in cultural and artistic fields. Comprehensive measures are included to tackle stereotypes, poverty among women, and to improve the conditions of both female and male employees.
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Key Changes
- State and local governments must develop an integrated policy for gender equality.
- Employers are required to negotiate annually on professional and salary equality.
- Changes to parental leave and support measures for all parents, promoting gender equality in childcare responsibilities.
Obligations
What this law requires
State and local authorities must implement integrated gender equality policies addressing violence prevention, prostitution combating, stereotype elimination, sexual autonomy access, poverty reduction, professional equality, parental responsibility sharing, electoral access, cultural equality, and research dissemination on gender roles.
Employers must conduct annual negotiations on professional and pay equality objectives between women and men, including measures to eliminate pay gaps, based on comparative analysis reports and economic/social database indicators.
When a gender pay gap is identified, branch conventions or professional agreements must make reduction of the gap a priority and analyze evaluation criteria in job position definitions to identify and correct discriminatory factors.
Employers must engage in gender equality negotiations within 15 days of a request from a representative union organization if no initial employer initiative occurs.
Branch convention or professional agreement organizations must submit annual reports to the National Collective Bargaining Commission and Superior Council of Professional Equality analyzing professional category revisions and gender equality best practices.