FCC Medio Ambiente seals the 2026-2027 waste agreement for the Tarragonès region

The Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona publishes this Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the registration and full text of the collective labor agreement of the company FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE, S.A. for the contract of the Tarragonès Comarcal Council and La Canonja, effective for the years 2026 and 2027. The registration is established by the Resolution of October 15, 2026, from the Directorate of Territorial Services of the Department of Enterprise and Labor in Tarragona, which sets the agreement code 43002821012006 and the official reference CVE 2026-09708.

The text was signed by the negotiating parties on July 20, 2026, and submitted to the registry on August 31 by Esther Temprano Puig, representing the negotiating commission. The Territorial Services had to issue two requests, on September 8 and 29, 2026, to correct content deficiencies; the amendment act was signed on September 21, and the response to the second request arrived on October 9. The resolution was signed by Maria del Mar Giné Serven, acting director of Territorial Services.

Two-year validity and scope of application

The agreement applies to all personnel assigned by the company to the workplace of the Tarragonès Comarcal Council and La Canonja who provide waste collection, street cleaning, and waste center management services. The duration is two years, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2027, with an annual extension by tacit renewal if neither party denounces it in writing three months in advance.

The economic effects are retroactive to January 1, 2026, while the formal validity begins the day after publication in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, according to the literal wording of the text. The agreement creates a Joint Commission of four members—two for the company and two for the staff—located at Carrer del Coure number 26, Riu Clar industrial estate, 43006 Tarragona.

Salaries, bonuses, and extraordinary payments

The 2026 salary tables include an increase of 2.9% compared to 2025, and for 2027, an increase of 0.5% is planned, plus whatever the General State Budget Law provides for public sector personnel. The agreed monthly base salaries are as follows:

• Foreman/woman: 1,541.89 euros.
• Production assistant: 1,170.62 euros.
• Driver: 1,239.15 euros.
• First-class machinist: 1,132.56 euros.
• Third-class machinist: 1,104.62 euros.
• Specialist operator: 1,080.40 euros.
• Operator: 1,072.19 euros.

The text maintains the night shift bonus of 25% of the base salary for services between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM, which drops to 10% if the night work is less than four hours, and the hardship bonus of 20% per effective day, which will now be received as a separate concept and no longer integrated within the agreement bonus. Multiskilling is remunerated with 60 euros per month for drivers specializing in bilateral and lateral loading, with a limit of 25 people, and 120 euros for crane operators, with a maximum of three.

Normal overtime is paid at 15.82 euros and holiday overtime at 18.99 euros for supervisors and drivers, and at 13.71 and 16.88 euros for the remaining categories. Work on a public holiday is compensated with 158.21 euros per shift, and Sundays outside of high season with 140 euros. The non-absenteeism bonus is set at 1,500 euros in 2026 and 1,600 euros in 2027.

Working day, vacations and leave

The ordinary working day is 40 hours per week and 1,820 hours per year. General schedules are from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM or from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM from Monday to Saturday, with Sunday off during low season and rotating breaks from Monday to Sunday during high season; beach cleaning maintains a specific 7-2-7-2-7-3 rotation and waste collection centers follow the opening schedule set by the Comarcal Council.

The staff has 30 calendar days of vacation, with one additional day per three-year period up to a maximum of 10 days and a cap of 30 years of seniority, and 32 days if taken outside of high season. Starting January 1, 2027, vacations and compensatory rest must be taken outside of the high season—set from June 14 to September 13, 2027—and in compensation for the 15 days not taken during this period, a vacation adjustment bonus of 1,200 euros will be paid with the October payroll.

The agreement recognizes five paid days for personal matters, with a request submitted seven days in advance, and establishes compensation of 90 gross euros for each day denied due to service needs.

Employment and social improvements

One of the changes with the most impact is the contractual conversion: permanent seasonal staff with an annual benefit of ten months will become ordinary indefinite staff, with contract code 100, starting January 1, 2027, and three-month permanent seasonal contracts are abolished, except for the beach cleaning service.

In social matters, a Family Social Aid Fund is created, endowed with 9,000 euros annually for 2026 and 2027, which covers the renewal of the driver’s license (90 euros), dentist (140 euros), prescription glasses (130 euros), and higher education for children over 19 years old (150 euros per child). Family aid for children under three years old is 160 euros annually, school aid is 130 euros for children aged 3 to 18, and school supplies are 55 euros. The company also pays 3,500 euros to heirs in the event of death due to a work accident and a retirement bonus of 100 euros per year of service.

The text incorporates as an annex the set of measures for equality and non-discrimination of LGBTI people provided for in the general sector agreement, with specific training and its own disciplinary regime in the face of discriminatory harassment.

Fuente: Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona, October 27, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-23 (official reference: CVE 2026-09708).