typicallyspanish.com

Spain News : Andalucía
+ Larger Font | + Smaller Font
Clinic fined 6,000 Euro for insisting on nurses skirts
By h.b. - Apr 11, 2008 - 6:46 PM
ALSO SEE : • Nurses in skirts in Cádiz - Mar 26, 2008 - 3:29 PM

Nurses in trousers in Cádiz - Photo EFE
enlarge photo

The Pascual company has been fined the money for insisting that female nurses and health assistants wear skirts in their health centres
The Pascual company which owns a chain of health centres in Andalucía has been ordered to pay a 6,000 € fine for obliging their female nursing staff to wear skirts.

Work inspectors considered that the company was infringing equality legislation by insisting on the skirts and removing productivity bonus payments of 30 € a month from the nurses who preferred to wear trousers at the San Rafael Clinic in Cádiz and others belonging to the company.

The company issued a statement saying that their uniform, skirt included, was simply part of fashion or taste and could not be considered to offend the workers in any way. They say the work inspectors have been affected by recent media coverage of the case and the ‘sensationalism of the media’.

 smartphone/pda/iphone |  email this article |  printer friendly page

 del.icio.us |  digg |  technorati |  yahoo | Stumble It!
Facebook | Reddit | Newsvine | Meneame | Wikio | Blink

ALSO SEE :
• Nurses in skirts in Cádiz - Mar 26, 2008 - 3:29 PM
• Capoeira teacher stars as the display in a Soria shop - Dec 12, 2007 - 9:27 PM
• Charity calendar gets Ryanair into hot water in Spain - Dec 11, 2007 - 10:22 PM
• PP candidate says sexual equality means more oral sex - Apr 18, 2007 - 8:22 AM
• Sexist signs being changed in Fuenlabrada, Madrid - Nov 10, 2006 - 9:52 AM