Génisson Act, towards a mandatory negotiation ?

The Génisson law enacted on 9 May 2011 (Act n°2001-397) provided for two types of negotiations:

(i)            a specific negotiation on professional equality and measures to reach this equality

(ii)          an “integrated” negotiation” by which companies must take into account professional equality during annual collective bargaining (working time, training, etc.) or during the annual collective bargaining on salaries. This negotiation aims to define and program measures to axe pay gaps between men and women by December 30, 2010 (article L.2242-7 of the French Labour Code)

In addition this Act provided new criteria and figures defined by a decree for the Compared situation report (Rapport sur la situation comparée, RSC)