Travel agency guides face 33% irregular hours plan

Tour guides could still have 33% of their working hours scheduled irregularly under a revised travel agency contract proposal: the CCOO union rejects the employers’ offer. Employers presented the plan at talks on Monday, 28 September. The dispute also covers sick pay, Europa Press reported from Madrid, Spain, on 1 October.

New hours plan, same limit for guides

Employers had first proposed irregular scheduling for 33% of working hours across the workforce. Their new plan sets different limits: 20% for staff in meetings and events work, incoming travel and support roles, rising to 25% in special circumstances. Guides would remain at 33%, while the limit for other staff would be 10%.

CCOO says the change does not go far enough. It argues that guides already work highly irregular hours. The union also says it has heard nothing new in response to its own proposals.

Sick pay remains in dispute

Employers want sick pay set at 50% for the first three days off work and 80% from the fourth day, with payments capped at six months. CCOO rejects the plan, warning that it would particularly affect people on long-term sick leave.

The union sees progress on only one pay issue. Employers now propose limiting a pay offset known as “absorption” to level 10 and removing it at other levels. CCOO wants written details of how the change would work and whose salaries it would affect.

Employers want a deal before the end of the year. CCOO says it will keep negotiating but will not sign an agreement that markedly worsens working conditions just to finish in December. The next meeting is set for 7 October.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com