Federal Act on Gender Equality

¹The fed­er­al gov­ern­ment may grant fin­an­cial aid to pub­lic or private in­sti­tu­tions that con­duct pro­grammes for the pro­mo­tion of gender equal­ity in the work­place. It may con­duct its own pro­grammes.

²The pro­grammes may serve:

a.

to en­cour­age ba­sic and con­tinu­ing edu­ca­tion train­ing in or out­side the work­place;

b.

to im­prove the rep­res­ent­a­tion of both sexes in the vari­ous pro­fes­sions, po­s­i­tions, and man­age­ment levels;

c.

to im­prove the com­pat­ib­il­ity of work and fam­ily du­ties;

d.

to pro­mote work or­gan­isa­tions and in­fra­struc­tures in the work­place that en­cour­age equal­ity.

³Pri­or­ity for the grant­ing of aid will be giv­en to pro­grammes that are ex­em­plary or in­nov­at­ive in char­ac­ter.