Do I have to apply the salary increase agreed by employers and unions to my employees?

In a particularly difficult economic situation due to rising prices, SMEs and the self-employed are the first to review their accounts, streamline their businesses and adapt to economic uncertainty. To serve as a meeting point and support for this key economic segment, Vice President Celia Ferrero, Self Employed Organization (ATA), replies to any of the e-mails sent once a month and provides answers to guide entrepreneurs on professional matters. All inquiries must be made with name, surname and identity.

Do I have to apply the salary increase agreed by employers and unions to my employees?

Employment and Collective Bargaining Agreement (AENC) Not mandatoryInstead, it creates a set of recommendations that will guide the 4,509 collective bargaining desks in different areas – sectoral, company, etc. – to come to an agreement.

So, on the one hand, it depends on your activity and the contract that applies to you, and on the other hand, the validity of the contract in question is momentary. Therefore, if it has been recently renewed, it is the rules of the contract in question that must be applied in terms of the salary increase set, salary tables and other terms. If this is not the case and the deal that applies to you will be subject to negotiation in the coming months, AENC recommendations will certainly be reflected in the same way..

Now, and that’s one of AENC’s greatest assets, whatever is agreed upon can and should be adapted to the industry or company. because contracts may or may not include recommended ones or develop based on them.

As a general rule after the contract is signed, it is applied to regulate business relations in the industry, company or region. However, there are likewise quit clauses when a company or business cannot undertake these conditions as long as it is duly justified.

It is also important to understand what the salary increase procedure is. constituting this fifth agreement. The proposed increase is 4% this year, 3% in 2024 and 3% in 2025, which is the evolution of expected inflation. If these percentages are exceeded, the increase will be increased at the same rate, but by a maximum of 1%. In other words, if inflation closes this year at 4.5%, the wage increase will be 4.5%, and if inflation closes at 5.3%, it can only be increased up to 5%. All of this will be tailored to each industry or company depending on its growth, results and even the incidence in each case of increase in SMI. It is also important that the retrospective effects were not determined and the year 2022, when the average inflation was 8.4%, was not envisioned.

However, salary increase is not the only chapter of AENC with 16 chapters, it also contemplates other related issues such as the possibility of extending the contract period depending on the production conditions, if agreed by the parties. your formulas flexible pension, promotion of employment pension schemes in companies and sectors, development of agreements A long list of recommendations seeking better understanding among partners and employers and employees aimed at performing diagnostic tests and therapeutic and rehabilitative treatments in temporary disability processes due to common possibilities of traumatological origin to combat absenteeism.

I repeat, this is not a law, but it is laying the foundations of stability and conflict-free labor relations over the next three years, something that all actors and all citizens should congratulate ourselves on.

I turned 65 and only worked as a freelancer for a few years. Am I entitled to anything?

r. To access premium retirement in 2023, you must either be 65 years old and have contributed at least 37 years in either of the SS programs, or add the amount of time contributed to both, unless the quote is simultaneous, or to be 66 years old and four months old and have paid a premium for at least 15 years.

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If you do not meet any of these criteria, you can opt for non-contributory retirement, although certain criteria must be met. First and foremost, the lack of sufficient income: until 2023 this income does not reach 6,784.54 euros, but decreases depending on the income of the family unit. The second is to have reached the legal retirement age. Thirdly, having resided in Spanish territory for at least 10 years.

Now, given the wording of your questionI recommend contacting the Social Insurance Treasury, because when it comes to women receiving pensions, there are loopholes that may allow you to access a contributed pension on the one hand – perhaps and depending on your years of contribution. as well as the gender gap supplement that will increase the amount of aid.