Health department signs agreement with redundant Dénia medics

The Minister of Health, Marciano Gómez, signed the agreement of the Negotiating Committee of the 1st Collective Agreement for the redundant employees of the Department of Health of Dénia. This agreement will govern the working conditions of the redundant employees of the Department of Health of Dénia, subrogated by virtue of Decree 14/2024, of the Council.

This is a first step towards achieving the objective of the Ministry of Health that professionals in health departments that have moved to direct management and that have been subrogated, as is the case in Dénia, progressively have the same legal regime as the rest of public health personnel.

In this sense, the minister highlighted that it is a matter of working within a regulatory framework “to homogenize the legal regime of workers, rationalize and equalize their conditions in all areas of public health and, therefore, also for personnel who become part of the public health system after the change in management model”.

With this signature, an agreement has been formalized, on the one hand, to increase salaries from the date of subrogation of the staff, that is, February 1, 2024; on the other hand, a preliminary agreement on salary updates and other working conditions that will enter into force from the date on which the General Directorate of Budgets issues the prior and mandatory report relating to the measures that must take effect in the 2025 financial year.

Thus, the Ministry of Health will apply, with effect from the date of subrogation of the redundant staff of the Department of Dénia, February 1, 2024, an increase of 2.5% on their fixed remuneration recognized in their previous collective agreement, which will be consolidated for future years.

Salary update and other working conditions

Regarding the measures subject to the issuance of the prior and favourable report from the General Directorate of Budgets, these include the duration of working days, days of free time, measures in matters of equality and training, as well as the improvement of social benefits and the updating of remuneration.

In this sense, an annual working day of 1,676 hours is established for the day shift and night shift systems. The duration and regulation of the annual working day of the continuous care shift system (TAC) remains in force, established at 1,847 hours per year, and staff with a continuous care shift system (TDAC) will work an annual working day of 1,676 hours.

In addition, regarding the days of free disposal, workers will be able to enjoy 6 paid days of free disposal for each calendar year of effective work, each of which will be equivalent to 7 hours of working time.

Regarding training, the agreement states that workers with at least one year of recognized seniority are entitled to a paid leave of 28 hours per year for professional training for employment linked to the company’s activity, cumulative for periods of a maximum of five years, which will be applied under the same terms as currently.

The agreement also establishes the commitment of the Ministry of Health during the 2025 financial year to continue the negotiations of the First Collective Agreement for the terminated employees of the Department of Health of Dénia.