Employers and unions are getting set for the upcoming salary framework agreement negotiations due to start on 25 January that will serve as a guide for collective negotiations overall. This agreement is one of the pillars of Spain’s social dialogue model and this year is more important than ever as discord between the negotiators in 2017 was too significant to secure agreement. (c.f. article No. 10322). The failure to agree meant collective negotiations lacked clarity and union representatives lacked influence when trying to negotiate salary increases.
The various partners have presented their respective positions prior to sitting around the negotiations table.
Employers’ bodies, CEOE and Cepyme are offering pay rises of between 1.2% and 2.0%. The employers’ bodies are proposing a salary increase range very much in line with their 2017 offer, which at the time the unions rejected. They will be putting an annual increase of 1.2% and 2.0% on the table to which they may also add an additional 0.5%, dependent on company competitiveness and...
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