A civil servant has been awarded €7,500 in compensation for moral damages from the Alicante Provincial Council. The Public Employees’ Union of the Valencian Community (SEP-CV) claims that the complainant chose to go to court when the provincial institution halted their union hours. The claimant will now receive the proper compensation and reinstatement for the 140 hours he was entitled to as a union representative after Alicante’s Social Court No. 2 ruled in his favour.
The grievance
The incidents began in February 2024, when the SEP-CV released a unit head at the Provincial Council following the union’s victory in union elections. The SEP-CV claims that the complainant was not allowed to participate in the single committee, which deliberates on a number of matters with union representatives.
The allocation of union hours for the delegates is one example of this; these hours were distributed among the members of the single committee without giving the impacted party the hours that, in his view—and now the court’s opinion as well—were due to him. The complaint’s job, which is in charge of a managerial role, was the basis for his exclusion, a criterion that the court has since rejected.
According to the verdict, the plaintiff’s 140-hour union time credit must be reimbursed by the provincial council, and the right to freedom of association has been “violated.” Since the decision is not final, the Alicante Provincial Council has not responded and is thinking of appealing it through its legal counsel.
Author: Derek Appleton
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