The new regulation aims to guarantee the protection of the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination.
On 13 July 2022, the State Official Gazette published Law 15/2022 of 12 July, which aims to guarantee equal treatment and non-discrimination (Law 15/2022) in Spain.
This Alert outlines the purpose and scope of Law 15/2022 as well as the aspects that directly impact employment, including what is covered by the new regulation, discrimination on grounds of disease, and remedies for causing discrimination.
Entry into force
Law 15/2022 became effective on 14 July 2022.
Purpose
The purpose of Law 15/2022 is to guarantee and promote the right to equal treatment and nondiscrimination, as well as respect for the equal dignity of persons. Law 15/2022 regulates the rights and obligations of natural or legal persons, public or private, establishes principal for action by the public authorities, and provides for measures aimed at preventing, eliminating, and correcting all forms of direct or indirect discrimination in both the public and private sector.
Under Law 15/2022, any provision, conduct, act, criterion, or practice that violates the right to equality is prohibited. The following shall be considered direct or indirect acts of violation, by association and by mistake: multiple or intersectional discrimination, denial of reasonable accommodation, harassment, inducement, order or instruction to discriminate or to commit an act of intolerance, retaliation or failure to comply...
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