Pay Equity Spain for Odoo: menus, states and checks in the pay audit

What the module adds to your Odoo

The Odoo Apps listing sums it up in its heading: Spanish pay audit for the Pay Equity suite. It is the Spanish pay audit within the Pay Equity suite. It hooks into the suite's root menu, Pay Equity, and adds its own branch from there, named Spain (RD 902/2020). Inside that branch sits the Auditoria Retributiva menu.

Under the bonnet, each audit is a record of the paytrans.audit.es model, which the module labels Auditoria Retributiva (RD 902/2020 Art. 7-8). The reference to the royal decree is the label the app gives the model and the menu branch: it describes how the module is organised, not a summary of what the regulation requires.

If you are a consultant, paytrans.audit.es is the model's technical name. If you run the business, it is enough to know that the Spanish part hangs from Spain (RD 902/2020).

An audit's states

The audit's state field has four values; each has a technical code and the label you see on screen.

Which state change the module allows and which message appears

The interesting part is the checks. The module shows its own text in each case. The table compares each action with what the module checks and the message it holds for when the condition is not met.

Reading the table

It reads straightforwardly. Approval is only possible from negotiation, so an audit does not jump from Borrador to Aprobada: it has to go through En negociacion con RLT first. And negotiation can only be entered from Borrador, so the order is fixed: draft first, then negotiation with the workers' representatives (RLT) and, finally, approval.

The third message stands out because it cites the organic law in its own wording. Bear in mind it is the notice the app shows: it reflects how the module is programmed, not a legal analysis of your situation. If you are unsure what the law asks of your company, check with your employment adviser.

What to do when one of these messages appears

Each message is the module's check telling you the state change does not fit where the record currently stands. The first thing to do is look at the audit's current state:

• Solo se puede pasar a Negociacion desde Borrador. The audit is not in Borrador. Check its state before trying again.
• Solo se puede aprobar desde Negociacion. The audit is not in En negociacion con RLT. Move it to negotiation first, then approve it.
• LO 3/2007: negociacion con la representacion legal de las trabajadoras es obligatoria antes de aprobar la auditoria retributiva. The module is reminding you that negotiation with the RLT comes before approval.

To try this path safely, create a test audit in a test database and take it from Borrador to Aprobada via negotiation. Then try to approve an audit that is still in Borrador: the module will block it with one of the messages in the table, and you will recognise it when it appears with real data.

The Pay Equity suite screens

The Spanish branch hangs from the Pay Equity suite, so you will be working inside its lists and its top menu. These screenshots show that environment; the job evaluation and information request lists hold demo data.

Version and price

The module is published on Odoo Apps for Odoo 19.0. You can find the details on the Odoo Apps listing.

How FlexigoTech can help

FlexigoTech implements Odoo 17, 18, 19 and 20 and builds bespoke connectors and integrations. If you are setting up the Pay Equity suite on Odoo 19.0 and want to go through the configuration and the audit workflow with someone, or you need bespoke development around it, we can help you implement it.

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