Metal Industry Collective Agreement of the Balearic Islands with increases until 2029

The Minister of Labor, Public Service and Social Dialogue has ordered the registration and deposit of the Collective Agreement for the metal sector of the Balearic Islands 2026-2029 and its publication in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands. The resolution, number 9368, appears in BOIB no. 117, of September 19, 2026, p. 50852, and provides official coverage for a text that sets the working day at 1,770 annual hours and a salary scale with annual increases until 2029. The agreement affects companies and workers in the industry, technology, and metal services of the archipelago.

The resolution was electronically signed on September 17, 2026, by María de la Luz Moreno Romero, Director General of Labor and Occupational Health, by delegation of the Minister (BOIB 99, of July 26, 2025). According to the background, the Negotiating Commission agreed and signed the text on August 14, 2026, and Juan Antonio Marimón Pizà requested its registration on August 17, 2026. The regulation is based on articles 90.2 and 90.3 of the Workers’ Statute (Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015), Royal Decree 713/2010, and article 45 of Law 39/2015, and the text is deposited in the Registry of Collective Agreements, Collective Labor Agreements and Equality Plans of the Balearic Islands. The resolution states that the Spanish version is the original signed by the members of the Negotiating Commission and that the Catalan version is a translation.

Validity, scope and signing parties

The agreement comes into force on January 1, 2026, and extends until December 31, 2029, with the exception of the amount for overtime hours, which applies from the date of publication in the BOIB. The functional scope includes metallurgy and steelmaking, automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace industry, robotics, telecommunications, engineering, vehicle maintenance and ITV, among other activities, and the territorial scope covers the centers and workshops established in the Balearic Islands. The text takes precedence over any agreement with a scope smaller than the autonomous community.

The document was negotiated by the UGT FICA Balears Federation, the CCOO Indústria Balears Federation, and the USO Indústria Balears Federation, on one side, and the business representation FEBAME, on the other. The joint commission consists of four members from FEBAME and two from ASEMA, with the address for notification purposes at TAMIB, in Palma.

Working hours, holidays and leave

• Maximum annual working day of 1,770 hours of effective work, distributed from Monday to Friday.
• A pool of 215 annual hours of irregular distribution, with a maximum of two hours each working day, eight on Saturdays, and ten per week.
• 22 working days of vacation, which cannot be replaced by financial compensation.
• Fifteen calendar days for marriage, five for serious illness or death of relatives up to the second degree, and one day for change of residence.
• Twelve annual hours for medical assistance and one day per year for personal matters.
• Minimum rest of twelve hours between working days and fifteen minutes during uninterrupted working days of six hours.

Salaries, supplements and arrears

The 2026 salary table ranges from 1,311.68 euros per month for the category of attendant or porter to 2,895.34 euros for engineer or architect, with an annual salary of 19,403.72 and 42,819.17 euros respectively. By 2029, the amounts reach 1,489.68 and 3,288.26 euros per month. The payment of arrears earned since January 1, 2026, must be made in September 2026.

Supplements include a 40% increase over the ordinary hour for overtime compensated in cash, a minimum of 25% for night work, and 20% for team leaders. Companies must guarantee compensation of 9,000 euros for total disability, absolute disability, or death resulting from a work accident or professional illness. Per diems are set at 13.65 euros for a half per diem and 39.90 euros for a full per diem in 2026, with annual increases up to 15.50 and 45.30 euros by 2029. If the 2029 CPI exceeds 4%, a differential of up to one point will be applied from January 1, 2030.

Equality, occupational health and annexed protocols

The agreement incorporates a protocol for inclusion and respect for sexual and gender diversity, in accordance with Law 4/2023 and Royal Decree 1026/2024, as well as a code of conduct regarding sexual and moral harassment. It also includes a prevention and action protocol for catastrophes and adverse meteorological phenomena and a sustainable mobility protocol, in application of Law 2/2025.

Regarding hiring, 75% of new hires must be on a permanent or permanent-seasonal contract. A joint technical commission is created to study a reduction coefficient for the retirement age, which must issue a report within a maximum of 24 months, and the handling of electric vehicle battery systems is reserved for first-class technicians or higher categories.

The agreement covers a broad and diversified industrial sector in the Balearic Islands and fixes working conditions and salary increases for four years, with retroactive effects from January 1, 2026. For the affected workforces, publication in the BOIB is the step that activates the effective application of the tables and arrears.

Source: Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, no. 117, September 19, 2026, Section III. Other provisions and administrative acts, p. 50852 (official reference: resolution 9368).