These measures have been taken by the socialist government in order to reach the average of the countries of the European Union. Currently, paternity leave in countries such as Norway and Iceland is 112 days. In Denmark, mothers and fathers have a one-year leave, which must be shared, although the mother must take a minimum of 128 days and the father 14.
This decree-law will also gradually oblige all companies with more than 50 people on the staff to draw up an equality plan to avoid discrimination; until now, this issue was only mandatory for organizations with more than 250 workers.
Companies will have to have a detailed professional register by category and sex, which can be made available to unions, to guarantee that men and women are paid the same for doing the same job. This measure aims to avoid the wage gap that currently exists in the labor market.
All the changes in regulations currently in place in Spain make it necessary to have a system, such as Timenet, to control and manage time in companies. An online application that allows you to centralize all the information about schedules, holidays, permits, absences, etc. in one place.