In the absence of an agreement on professional equality between women and men at the end of the negotiations referred to in 2° of article L. 2242-1, the employer draws up an annual action plan designed to ensure professional equality between women and men. After assessing the objectives set and the measures taken during the previous year, this action plan, based on clear, precise and operational criteria, determines the progress objectives for the coming year, defines the qualitative and quantitative actions to achieve them and assesses their cost. This action plan is filed with the administrative authorities.
In the absence of an agreement providing for measures to eliminate pay differentials between women and men, the negotiations on actual salaries provided for in 1° of Article L. 2242-1 also cover the programming of measures to eliminate pay differentials and differences in career development between women and men.