big employer CEOE and trade unions representing the majority among workers, CCOO And UGTagreed on how wages should rise in the coming years. After weeks of cautious deliberation and the first unsuccessful attempt to place an order, the social agents collective bargainingThey resolved their disagreements and agreed to increase their salaries at least once. 10% accumulated over the next three years.
A finely written agreement that El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group has access to, which may not affect all employees equally and must find its way into the negotiations of periodically renewed agreements. business and union side. Here are the main keys to the agreement reached between the social partners.
1. What exactly did you accept?
Employers and unions close a so-called principle agreement Employment and Collective Bargaining Agreement (AENC). It’s kind of ‘agreement of agreementsIt is periodically renewed by the employers’ association and the most representative unions at the state level. The said document contains a number of elements that the parties have committed to bring in the negotiations of the different sectoral agreements they are renewing. While AENC tends to include other salary-related advice, it’s salary that really matters. work day anyone security.
In the preliminary agreement, which must be signed by the highest employers’ organizations and trade unions, the parties commit to increase wages by at least 10% by 2025. Accordingly, this is 4% for 2023 and 3% for 2024 and 2025.
An additional 1% increase, which is not retrospective, is added to these base increases depending on the development of the CPI. In other words, if the CPI closes this year by more than 4%, companies must increase their payrolls by one point as of January 1, 2024. Therefore, by 2024, salaries should actually increase by 4%, not 3%. The same mechanism applies for the next two years.
2. Will all salaries increase automatically?
No. AENC is a roadmap to guide sectoral negotiations and its implementation will depend on the renewal of each agreement. In other words, starting tomorrow, companies won’t automatically have to raise 4% on all salaries. Workers won’t be able to plant themselves in the factory either. courts to claim.
The revision of salaries depends on the periodic renewal of salaries. Collective agreementsThese are the specifications that are generally valid for every sector, regardless of province, state or region. Each worker’s salary is updated when contractually determined and will not be able to collect recommendations agreed by employers and unions until renewed.
3. Is it mandatory?
No. AENC is not normative and is committed to not legally binding to the parties. It has traditionally played a reference role, but the signatories in certain sectors have themselves agreed on agreements in increments above or below what was agreed upon. In other words, all contracts will no longer need to be renewed for three years with an accumulated 10% increase. Although they are superiors of the labor and union organizations, they urge theirs to respect the agreed forks.
4. Does it affect all sectors?
Yes and no. AENC is a payroll roadmap that commits signatories and signatories only. CEOE and CCOO and UGT are social intermediaries most representative and they are the majority in most industries. In other words, they are those who negotiate deals and have legally recognized legitimacy that applies to everyone they agree on. However, the most representative agents in certain industries or regions are others and are not tied to AENC salary ranges.
For example, employer association of small and medium Catalan companies, prick, is not a signatory and can provide different salary increases in the contracts it negotiates. In the center of Euskadi as follows LAB they have a strong weight in certain sectors and do not feel questioned by the overall agreement.
5. What happens to already signed agreements?
AENC is a salary reference for renewing future deals. Those who have already signed and not yet expired are not immediately affected by this contract. In any case, after their term expires, the parties may decide to approve the 10% increase accumulated over three years. However, it does not force the signatories of an applicable collective agreement to return to sit down and update the agreed salary increases. It is designed for a contract whose negotiation is ongoing or will expire soon, and therefore serves as a reference for updating.