inditex reached an agreement with the unions setting a fixed minimum wage. 18.000 Euros to all employees in stores belonging to different brands of the group. Spain.
According to the UGT’s statement, the negotiation process that started last October ended this Thursday. “It resolves some of the injustices occurring in the group and eventually initiates a path of homogeneity in different brands and regions”.
Thus established a fixed minimum wage for all store employees Regardless of the collective agreement that applies their fixed salaries, not counting seniority items and all invisible variable items (commissions, incentives, night shifts,…) and bonuses paid by Inditex, the group is in the agreement.
According to the agreed tables; group I (officers and cashiers under 18 months) will earn at least 18,000 euros per year; group II (clerk and cashier aged 18 months and 4 years) will receive a wage of 20,000 euros per year; group III (clerk and cashier aged 4 and over) will receive an annual salary of 22,000 euros and group IV (responsible, central cashier) will receive 24,500 euros per year.
Also, these amounts concepts related to antiquity will be added to the groups, as well as all the variable concepts (commissions, incentives, night work,…) included in each applicable collective agreement, and bonuses or additional payments not included in the applicable collective agreement in the regions that Inditex pays and owns them.
II, III and IV. It is stated that group workers are also included in the contract.Those whose fixed income is above the above-mentioned amounts are guaranteed at least 600 Euros per year or the amount required to make the difference between the annual fixed income guarantee and 1,000 Euros per year.
Increases by CPI
The amounts stated in this sense will increase by CPI Validity years and all amounts will be paid in 12 monthly installments.. They are also for a full day, proportional to a partial day.
With these amounts, there are regions in Spain that will receive a raise of more than 6,000 euros per year, which represents an average increase of 20 percent, with the lowest-paid regions reaching an increase of 40 percent, not counting the points below.
Social helps
Among other things, the textile group agreed with UGT and CCOO to provide workers with 450 euros for the birth of a child; up to EUR 170 per child (unless free of charge) per month for the nursery and/or dining room; 200 Euro per year for school supplies for each child aged 3 to 18; Benefits of up to 500 euros per child for university and up to 600 euros for international adoption.
Likewise, they improve the assistance already available and include the assistance of dependent family members with a disability of 33 percent or more in dependency degrees I and II and increase the amount to 200 euros per month up to the second degree of kinship. and intimacy Employee is included.
Sundays and holidays
On Sundays outside the ordinary working day or on a voluntary basis, the hour will be paid as 12 euros plus one free hour or 24 euros, depending on the worker’s preference. In addition, on Sundays, which are normal hours, a fee of 10 euros will be paid per hour. Celebration, will be paid 12 euros plus one free hour or 24 euros per hour, at the option of the worker, whether it is a normal working day or not.
Commissions and incentives
Among other topics, Inditex has agreed to increase the commission percentage to 1.4 percent for all brands. This guarantees an increase in commissions across all brands, being the same for all brands.. Currently, the sales commission ranges from 0.8%, which is the lowest brand, to 1.2%, which is the highest.
Finally, all store staff will receive 1,000 euros in the February 2023 payroll and 2024 payroll in relation to the special incentive or bonus. (contracts of 24 hours or more) and 600 Euros (contracts less than 24 hours).
This contract will be valid for three years and will be applied retrospectively to the March 2023 payroll from January of this year. “ANDThis ensures that eventually the parties will sit down to renegotiate to continue making progress in improving working conditions, a historic milestone in the Inditex group’s stores. Such negotiations took place in factories and logistics, but never in the Group’s stores, which affected more than 36,000 workers.”