Ombudsman for Equality

Promoting equality in the workplace

Each employer shall promote gender equality within working life purposefully and systematically.

If an employer regularly employs personnel of at least 30 people, said employer shall draw up an annual gender equality plan. The minimum content requirements for a gender equality plan are prescribed by law. Negligence of drawing up the plan is sanctioned. The equality plan shall be drawn up in collaboration with personnel representatives.

An equality plan shall include an account of the equality situation in the workplace, including details of the employment of women and men in different jobs. In addition, a pay survey is an obligatory part of the equality plan. Furthermore, gender variant people, i.e. trans people, should also be taken into account in equality plans.