Sidenor Corporate Report 2019

53 The remuneration of Sidenor workers is defined by the collective agreements in force; basic salary differences are not based on gender or age, but on category or length of service. Data on remuneration WE PROMOTE EQUALITY In 2017, we started shaping Sidenor’s first Equality Plan, a project which finally came to light in 2018 as a result of a major collective effort and allows us to take a step forward in the area of Equality with respect to the general scene in the iron and steel industry. The Plan, which was agreed with most union representatives and will remain in force for five years, has been implemented in the worksites of the Basque Country, Cantabria, Castilla La Mancha and Catalonia. With this Plan, we intend to achieve seven key objectives focused on equality, conciliation, training and, in essence, the improvement of our professionals’ quality of life. We have introduced transversal measures for their effective development. Salary gap and average gross annual salary at Sidenor All our production centres implement a policy of pay equity between men and women. This is reflected by the collective agreements, in which salary scales per category are the same for both genders. Salary gap Annual average in euros 47,380 € 51,981 € 107 % 2018 2019 45,348 € 42,206 € SALARY Men Women 110 %