In the Ordinary Plenary held last March, it was agreed to include clauses in the contract documents to guarantee gender pay equity, with a September deadline being set for inclusion, once the technical reports have been obtained.
Given the speed with which these reports have been issued, and according to the Councilor for Procurement, Antonio Ignacio Martínez-Real, "as of today it is already a reality in the contract documents the inclusion as an indispensable condition to be able to contract with The City Council of Cieza that those who bid prove that they comply with the gender wage equality.In addition it is established in the specifications that it is a reality during the execution of the contract, being an essential obligation of the contract that in case of not complying would give rise to the resolution It is intended that equal gender pay is a reality and not be a simple declaration of good intentions.
Antonio Ignacio Martínez-Real, very positively valued the step taken by the City of Cieza placing himself at the forefront of the defense of equality policies, the hallmark of the current municipal government.
Undoubtedly it is a step in the fight against inequality, and it is fully guaranteed that any entity that wants to bid in the City of Cieza will have to justify that it fulfills equal pay and not only that, but also must comply throughout The performance of the contract.
Finally, the Councilor for Recruitment concluded by recalling that, in line with the new contract, all clauses are also including environmental clauses and are also preparing to increase various clauses of a social type.
Source: Agencias