Gender Equality Act (Switzerland)

The Gender Equality Act (GEA) (German: Gleichstellungsgesetz, GlG, French: Loi sur l’égalité, LEg, Italian: Legge federale sulla parità dei sessi, LPar), is a Swiss federal law that aims to promote equal rights and opportunities for men and women. It prohibits in particular any form of discrimination between women and men in employment relationships. The law also establishes the Federal Office for Gender Equality (FOGE) and defines its tasks. The law was adopted on 24 March 1995 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 July 1996.

The equality of rights between men and women was enshrined in the Swiss constitution in 1981, through art. para 3. which states that "the law shall ensure their equality, both in law and in practice, most particularly in the family, in education, and in the workplace. Men and women have the right to equal pay for work of equal value". The introduction of GEA concretizes this mandate, while also transposing EEA law into Swiss law to increase the "eurocompatibility of the Swiss legal system".