The Xunta registers the Agua Sana agreement with activity bonuses

The Xunta de Galicia has registered and ordered the publication of the collective agreement of the company Agua Sana, S.L., dedicated to the exploitation and bottling of natural mineral waters in the province of Pontevedra. The resolution, signed in Vigo on October 1, 2026, by the territorial director José Antonio Rodríguez Fachado, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) on Friday, October 9, 2026, number 195, with the agreement code 36003822012005.

Registration and official publication

The request for registration was received by the Territorial Department of Pontevedra on July 29, 2026. The labor authority acts in application of article 90.3 of the Recast Text of the Law of the Workers’ Statute, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, and article 8.3 of Royal Decree 713/2010, regarding the registration and deposit of agreements and equality plans.

The competence of the territorial department derives from Decree 49/2024, of April 22, and Decree 147/2024, of May 20, which establish the organic structure of the Ministry of Employment, Trade and Emigration. Having reviewed the documentation, no violation of current legality nor stipulations to the detriment of third parties are observed.

Against the resolution, which does not end the administrative route, an appeal for reversal (recurso de alzada) may be filed before the general secretariat of Employment and Labor Relations within one month from the day following the notification.

Salaries, payments, and bonuses

The agreement applies to all factory personnel included in the company’s payroll in the province of Pontevedra. The economic conditions govern from January 1 to December 31, 2026, although the text remains in force until the approval of the 2027 agreement.

• Activity bonus: 95.00 gross euros per month for maintenance and cleaning staff who work on Saturdays, with a minimum prior notice of five days.
• Responsibility bonus: 506.01 euros for senior degree holder; 518.48 for supervisor; 402.74 for driver; 164.70 for 1st class technician; 114.40 for 2nd class technician; and 85.57 for laborer. It is not consolidatable.
• Profit sharing: an equal annual payment for all categories of 1,166.86 gross euros, payable in March.
• Extraordinary gratifications: summer and Christmas extra payments, each consisting of one monthly base salary plus seniority.
• CPI clause: if the CPI as of December 31, 2026, exceeds 4%, the differences in salary payments, extraordinary payments, profit sharing, and responsibility bonuses will be paid.

The annex tables set the 2026 salary at 2,569.55 euros for general manager/supervisor, 2,361.88 for senior degree holder, 1,737.33 for intermediate degree holder, 1,430.17 for supervisor, sales manager, and 1st class technician, 1,348.88 for driver, 1,307.29 for salesperson, 1,225.89 for 2nd class technician, 1,179.16 for sales promoter, administrative assistant, and laborer, and 1,137.65 for training contracts.

Working day, vacations, and permits

The ordinary working day is 40 effective weekly hours on a split shift, from Monday to Friday in eight-hour periods. Maintenance and cleaning staff work from Monday to Saturday, without exceeding 1,825 annual hours in 2026, and the excess hours on Saturdays are compensated with vacation days.

• Vacations: 21 business days annually plus two local holiday days, between January and May or between September and December.
• Paid leave: fifteen calendar days for marriage or domestic partnership; five days for serious accident or illness; two days for the death of a spouse or relatives up to the second degree, extendable by two days for travel outside the province.
• Breastfeeding/Childcare: one hour of absence for children under nine months, divisible into two fractions.
• Temporary disability due to work accident: supplement up to 100% of the gross salary from the first day of leave.

Joint commission, insurance, and signing parties

The text creates a joint commission within 10 days of its approval, with one representative and one substitute from the company and the staff, and a notification address at Lugar Belesar, S/N, Baiona 36393. Discrepancies are referred to the Galician Interprofessional Agreement for the extrajudicial resolution of conflicts.

The company will contract a collective accident insurance policy with 24-hour coverage and capitals of 30,000 euros for death or permanent disability. The sanctioning regime is referred to the State Sectoral Collective Agreement for the Bottled Drinking Water Industries sector.

The agreement was negotiated by the negotiating commission with Giuseppe Mecca Stolfi and Antonio Pérez Albores for the business representation and Mª Dalia Martínez Morgadanes for the union representation.

The publication closes the labor framework of the Agua Sana mineral water plant for 2026 and establishes in writing bonuses, permits, and guarantees that until now could have remained outside of a specific text, with validity extendable until the next agreement.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 195, October 9, 2026, Xunta de Galicia, p. 1 and following (official reference: 2026072447).