Before getting ready to board the plane each day, cabin crew flying You should wear heels with a height of 5 to 8 centimeters.. Moreover apply a base make up an eyeliner that matches the skin tone and a black color mascara (not from anyone else). Eyelash extensions of “artificial length or visible” are prohibited from wearing eyeshadow other than light gray or light brown, and if they wear lipstick they must wear an “understated” shade.
In its place, dress code for stewardesses is significantly more segregated and it’s enough for them to go to work “with a clean and neat appearance”. The airline does not specify for them what shoes they should wear or whether they can wear any form of makeup. That’s why the Generalitat Labor Inspectorate of Catalonia decided that Vueling could be successful after a complaint from the Stavla union. a corporate image “less burdensome and more balanced, without affecting fundamental rights” from the workers. And as such, he acknowledges and claims that the company has suffered a very serious breach. 30.000 euro fineAs El Periódico of the Prensa Ibérica group found out.
“They justified us, we are working on more action,” Stavla sources said. “Company revises style guide, working on an inclusive image. Some suggestions from crew members were gradually incorporated. An example of this is the recent revision of the guide on using makeup, where there are currently no gender discriminations or any obligations, Vueling sources told El Periódico.
The Vueling Labor Inspection Act was one of the first to denounce an airline for aesthetic considerations. discriminatory treatment for the sake of your corporate image. Strict dress codes are common for female cabin crew at airlines, according to a worker reported in a report published in this setting. “One airline I worked for required a scarf around the neck and had to be 4.5 centimeters apart. The stewardess came and measured it with a ruler,” he says.
“Subjects such as make-up or heels are usually not mandatory in foreign companies, but in some Spanish companies archaic mentality. It also means an extra cost for crew members, as often the socks or lipstick have to be paid for by them. We find resistance to remove these issues from collective agreements. Ernesto Iglesias, USO-Air Sector Flight Manager, sees this as something secondary or irrelevant.
In 2019, the USO filed a complaint against it. ryanair forcing cabin crew to wear skirts or aprons.. However, according to Iglesias, the Labor Inspectorate did not decide, as the company agreed to give them the option to wear pants provided by the company itself.
Discrimination in various sectors
Such discriminatory treatment between women and men They are not exclusive to airlines. The Labor Inspectorate itself has already endorsed very similar sexist practices in the Labor Inspectorate’s service personnel. trains bird managed by railway. While the company in question forced women to use or veto certain hair dyes, makeup and hairstyles, these rules did not apply to men. Last September, the Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) rejected Ferrovial’s appeal and forced him to pay a fine of 25,000 euros. Another very similar case where the inspection also interfered with the Godó Trophy in 2018. For the same reason and as a result of UGT’s complaint, Schweppes company and the stewardess agency Tote Vignau were fined 25,000 euros for discriminatory harassment. because of sex
Although in this sense The criteria of the referees have not always been the same.. In 2001, the Supreme Court held that “in the context and working conditions in which the labor measure was taken, the use of a 2 cm skirt could not be reasonably justified. The above-knee cap demanded of RENFE employees, which does not affect their private lives, violates the above-mentioned rights by confining the imposition exclusively to the scope of business activity with customers”.
The protection of equal opportunities and the oversight of new obligations in terms of equality is one of the priorities of the Labor Inspectorate, both at the state level and in Catalonia. In 2022, the Catalan ‘labour police’ carried out a total of 1,985 actions, 146% more than last year, and committed 816 violations, 336% more than the previous year.