Our mission
- Receive complaints and issue legal opinions concerning equality and non-discrimination in labour and employment;
- Issue a legal opinion (within 30 days) which employers must obligatorily request before dismissing any pregnant worker, any worker who has recently given birth or who is breastfeeding, or male worker during the parental leave (paternity leave);
- Issue a legal opinion (within 30 days) which employers must request in advance when they disagree with part-time or flexitime work for male or female workers with one or more children under the age of 12;
- Provide legal services and information;
- Appraisal of the legality of collective bargaining provisions with regards to their compliance with equality between men and women in labour requirements;
- Give assistance to victims of discrimination based on sex at work, employment or vocational training in cooperation with judicial bodies;
- Mediation of small conflicts, in the case of individual conflict, when requested by both parties;
- Promote Social Dialogue in the field of equality between men and women in labour market;
- Promote studies, research and projects concerning equality and non-discrimination in labour, employment and vocational training, as well as good practices for reconciling professional, personal and family life;
- Develop and organise training and awareness-enhancing activities in the field of equality in labour, employment and vocational training and of reconciliation of professional, personal and family life;
- Cooperate at national and international levels with public and private organisations in activities and projects related with CITE’s mission.
Decree-Law no. 124/2010, of 17th November, approving the Legal Framework
of the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment