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The Riojan Health Service (SERIS) is increasing the pay for on-call shifts for statutory staff, retroactive to October 1, 2026. This is done through the Agreement of September 17, 2026, of the SERIS Sectoral Table, which the organization’s Presidency publicized in the Official Gazette of La Rioja no. 215, Friday, November 6, 2026 (reference BOR-A-20261106-II–1243), by resolution of November 3. The text is not limited to the continuous care supplement: it incorporates improvements for nursing staff, resident tutors, and orderlies, and creates two new statutory categories.

Context: an agreement negotiated in September

The Agreement of September 17, 2026, is the result of negotiations held at the Sectoral Table on September 8, 15, and 17, and has the support of FSES-SATSE, CSIF, UGT, and CCOO. The Presidency’s resolution invokes the reports of October 28 from the General Directorate of Budgetary Control and October 29 from the General Directorate of Public Service, and is based on article 87.bis of Law 2/2002, of April 17, on Health. The preamble of the agreement places the measure within the framework of the shortage of professionals and the mobilizations of medical staff, within the budgetary limits of the regional accounts for 2027.

On-call pay rates

The approved amounts, now applicable:

Physicians (hospital and Primary Care), physical presence on-call hour: 35.29 euros on working days; 37.50 euros on Saturdays and holidays; 75 euros for the nights of December 24 and 31, and January 1 and 6, and December 25.
On-call (on-call/standby): 50% of the physical presence hourly value.
Physical presence on-call shift of 17 hours: 599.93 euros on working days and 637.50 on Saturdays and holidays; the 24-hour shift: 846.96 and 900 euros respectively.
Primary Care Nursing (modality B): 22.15 euros/hour on working days, 23.50 on Saturdays, holidays, and eves, and 47 euros on special nights.
Resident staff: from 19.41 euros per hour for a first-year MIR or PIR on working days to 30 euros for the fifth year on a holiday; first-year EIRs and midwives receive 18.83 euros.
The 150 additional voluntary hours are remunerated at 50.81 euros/hour for physicians and 29.48 for nursing; subsequent excess is paid at 75 and 47 euros/hour.

Rest periods, sick leave, and resident tutors

The agreement allows service heads, basic zone directors, and nursing managers to set a rest period following a shift worked on business days prior to holidays, including Fridays, within the following 30 calendar days, provided that healthcare activity is not affected nor waiting times increased. Additionally, the Administration commits to processing a legislative modification to pay the continuous care supplement during situations of temporary disability, maternity, paternity, and risk during pregnancy or natural breastfeeding.

Starting January 1, 2027, a monthly supplement is created for primary tutors of specialized health training: 180 euros for Subgroup A1 and 140 for A2, with an assigned resident; presidents of teaching subcommittees shall receive these same amounts. Tutors will also have 2 non-cumulative weekly hours for their duties.

Nursing, orderlies, and new categories

Also effective January 1, 2027, the fixed-factor productivity supplement for nursing increases by 100 euros per month, with amounts ranging from 128.46 euros for Outpatient Nurses to 130.34 for Hospitalization, Central Services, and Occupational Risk Prevention. Orderlies earn 32.81 euros per month, equivalent to 393.82 euros per year, and Kitchen Assistants, Warehouse Orderlies, and Laborers are assigned to level 14 with an identical annual increase.

The text unifies the positions of Nurse and Nursing Assistant in San Pedro and Calahorra hospitals and in the Albelda de Iregua Care Center, with homologation to the highest remunerations. Group B remunerations will be paid to thirteen categories requiring a Specialist Technician qualification, from Dental Hygienist to Cook, and the categories of Senior Occupational Risk Prevention Technician (A1) and Senior Assessment Technician (C1) are created. The 2027 public employment offer will include 25 positions for Administrative Assistants for internal promotion to Administrative.

Impact

The agreement affects all statutory personnel of the Riojan public system and takes retroactive effect from the October payroll, meaning professionals will receive back pay. The establishment, within 15 days, of a joint Interpretation and Monitoring Commission will allow for the oversight of the text’s application and the resolution of any conflicts that arise.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 215, of November 6, 2026, section II (Authorities and Personnel), pp. 18841-18846 (official reference: BOR-A-20261106-II–1243).