To further promote these values, an interactive training event on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was made available to the entire workforce, in which virtual recreations of experiences in the work environment were used to discuss issues such as discrimination and stereotypes.

In 2023, Atresmedia worked on its first diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy and offered all its employees interactive training on the subject

In the regulatory realm, a new Equality Plan for Atresmedia Corporación was approved in 2022 to illustrate Atresmedia’s commitment to promoting equality and also to comply with the requirements set out in Royal Decree 901/2020, of 13 October, on equality plans and their filing and amending Royal Decree 713/2010, of 28 May, on the registration and filing of collective bargaining agreements, as well as the requirements of Royal Decree 902/2020, on equal pay for women and men. The committee works to ensure compliance with the plan and to implement specific measures to promote and foster equality.

When it comes to work-life balance, some of the Group’s companies have measures in place such as:

• Flexible start and end times of 30 minutes.
• Continuous working hours on Fridays, finishing earlier.
• Intensive 7-hour working day (no lunch break) during the summer months of July and August
• Extension of maternity leave to 18 weeks.
• Early payment of two extra yearly payments.
• Telework (working from home).
• Choice of full days off for breastfeeding leave.
• Fostering gender diversity in management and senior management positions, so that when a vacancy arises, at least one of the candidates should be a woman.

In 2023, Atresmedia Group filed three new equality plans for Atresmedia Multimedia, Uniprex S.A. and Atresmedia Tech and continued to negotiate for the rest of the companies subject to collective bargaining.

The Group’s equality plans also include protection for maternity, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the workplace by preventing any form of direct or indirect discrimination against women who find themselves in this situation.

Atresmedia also has a protocol against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, which is within easy reach of all Company employees via the intranet.

In August 2022, Atresmedia renewed its commitment to the initiative of the Ministry of Equality (more precisely, the Government Delegation Against Gender-based Violence) known as the Network of Companies for a Society Free of Gender-based Violence, of which Atresmedia has been a member since 2015. The network works to promote awareness and social awareness of gender-based violence. Under this partnership, Atresmedia has undertaken to:

• Collaborate in the dissemination of awareness-raising and prevention campaigns launched by the Ministry of Equality.
• Carry out social awareness-raising actions to mark the occasion of certain international days devoted to the eradication of different forms of violence against women.
• Deliver information to the Government Delegation against Gender-based Violence on the effective implementation and monitoring of all actions carried out under this agreement.

Work-life balance

Aware of the needs and indeed desire for a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, Atresmedia has measures in place to balance the personal and professional lives of its employees, as set out in the collective bargaining agreements and equality plans of each Group company. These measures include flexible working hours, intensive working hours to fit in with the school calendar, the possibility of working from home, or extended leave due to death or family illness, among other measures.

While the Company does not have its own digital disconnect policy, it does respect and uphold the right to disconnect and encourages responsible behaviour through measures such as recommending office staff not to schedule meetings after 18:00. It is worth noting that part of Atresmedia’s workforce performs shift work.

In 2023, Atresmedia focused its efforts on complying with Royal Decree Law 5/2023, on work-life balance. To show that it is there for its employees, the Group worked hard to adapt its work-life balance measures in terms of working hours, paid leave, parental leave and other forms of leave due to force majeure, among others.

As part of its pledge to cater to the needs of its employees and respond to the challenges of the hybrid work model, Atresmedia has been working to develop a tool to digitalise the administrative processes of people management. This tool allows employees to self-manage leave requests and centralises HR-related information in one place (objectives, recruiting, training, etc.).

A total of 84 people (33 men and 51 women) took parental leave in 2023.

Managing diversity

Diversity management is a key concern for Atresmedia. Therefore, Group promotes diversity and works to create an inclusive working environment, in which the differences of the workforce are valued and respected. In order to foster diversity, the Company carries out inclusive recruitment processes and specific programmes for people with disabilities.

• Since 2020, Atresmedia has been a member of Fundación Randstad’s Companies for Diversity and Inclusion initiative, the aim of which is to promote corporate and social awareness of disability, employment and social inclusion. Atresmedia Group’s role in this initiative is to generate knowledge and promote business and social awareness of disability issues.
• In 2023, Atresmedia, a signatory of the Diversity Charter, reaffirmed its commitment to inclusion and diversity in the workplace by celebrating an institutional event with Fundación Diversidad, the driving force behind the Charter in Spain, in which it reiterated its pledge to ensure compliance with its 10 principles.
• Thanks to the agreement signed with Fundación Integra, Atresmedia has been able to throw a lifeline to women victims of gender violence by helping them get back to work through internships at various Group companies.
• As part of the Atresmedia Corporate Volunteering Programme, employees have the opportunity to take part alongside people with disabilities in different activities aimed at raising awareness of the plight faced by victims of gender-based violence. These activities have been carried out with entities such as Fundación Antares, the Fundación Capacis and Fundación Gil Gayarre (see section 8.2.2.2 Corporate volunteering).
• To mark the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Atresmedia shared with all its employees a communication on the impact of the various projects it champions to promote disability.
• In addition, the Atresmedia website has featured a section on disability since 2020, describing all related initiatives carried out by the Group, including the Becas Capaz scholarship scheme, external and in-house awareness-raising activities and the various commitments embraced.

Lastly, in 2016 Ilunion produced a report confirming that Atresmedia’s facilities are suitably adapted and therefore accessible, in accordance with prevailing law and regulations. It is also worth noting that Atresmedia has several parking places reserved for people with reduced mobility. It also ensures that the people it hires have their workstation adapted accordingly so that they can carry out their work.