Biennial Report on Equal Opportunity

News . 15/2022

Subject: Requirement to submit a gender equality report extended to companies with more than 50 employees – submission must be made online only

Law No. 162/2021 amended Legislative Decree No. 198/2006 (Equal Opportunity Code) and introduced additional provisions regarding equal opportunity for men and women in the workplace.

The requirement to submit the biennial report on gender equality applies to all companies with more than 50 employees (previously, the threshold applied to companies with more than 100 employees), while still allowing companies with fewer than 50 employees in any case, to submit the biennial report, so that they too may participate in the certification process, which would allow exemplary companies to access tax benefits and other incentive schemes related to calls for proposals for European funds or the awarding of contracts, as already provided for funds allocated to the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plans).

Companies required with more than 50 employees, and companies with up to 50 employees (which may also voluntarily submit the report) that have never submitted the biennial equal opportunity report, must refer to the workforce situation as of December 31, 2019 (with the reference period: 2018–2019).

Companies with more than 100 employees must base their calculations on their workforce as of December 31, 2021 (covering the two-year period 2020–2021).

The process for completing the form and submitting it to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies is conducted exclusively online and can only be accessed using SPID or CIE.

The deadline for submitting the prospectus is April 30, 2022.

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