Madrid bakery collective agreement published through 2029

The General Directorate of Labor of the Community of Madrid has ordered the registration, deposit, and publication of the collective agreement for the Bakery Sector, signed on July 28, 2026, by the employers’ associations CEOPPAN and ASEMAC and by the unions CC.OO. and UGT. The Resolution of September 2, 2026 appears in BOCM no. 230, of September 26, 2026, with the reference BOCM-20260926-2. The text regulates the labor conditions of the bread, pastry, and confectionery industry in the region between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2029.

The agreement reaches the official gazette once the documentation required by articles 6 and 7 of Royal Decree 713/2010, of May 28, has been completed, and in accordance with article 90 of the Workers’ Statute. The resolution bears the signature of the Director General of Labor, Silvia Marina Parra Rudilla, and is registered under the code 28003035011981. An administrative appeal may be filed against it before the Vice-Ministry of Economy and Employment within one month.

The functional scope covers all companies with workplaces in the Community of Madrid that produce or sell bread, pastry, and confectionery, including traditional bakeries, bread shops, boutiques, fresh product points of sale, and those using raw, ultra-frozen, or precooked doughs. The guiding references are codes 1071 and 1072 of the CNAE-2025, approved by Royal Decree 10/2025, of January 14.

Working hours and salaries: fewer hours and staggered increases

The annual working day is set at 1,790 hours in 2026 and decreases to 1,782 hours in 2027 and to 1,776 hours in 2028 and 2029, with an average of 40 hours per week on an annual basis. The 2026 remunerations are listed in the annex of the agreement, and back payments will be paid in a single installment within two months following publication, a period extended to four months for companies with up to 50 employees.

For 2027, an increase of 3% is applied—the update agreed upon for 2026 plus an additional 2.5%; in 2028, another 2.5%; and in 2029, 2%. The 2027 annual references by professional group are:

• Group 1: 26,832.11 euros.
• Group 2: 23,997.26 euros.
• Group 3: 23,928.81 euros.
• Group 4: 22,964.85 euros.
• Group 5: 21,498.94 euros.

The text incorporates review clauses: if the year-on-year CPI for December 2026 exceeds 3%, up to an additional 1.5% will be applied effective January 1, 2027; if that of December 2028 exceeds 2.5%, up to an additional 1% from January 1, 2029.

New classification system and social guarantees

The agreement replaces the old categories with five professional groups and establishes an equivalence table for personnel who were already providing service before January 1, 2026. From January 1, 2027, three extraordinary payments of 30 days will be paid in May, July, and December.

Regarding rights, the text establishes:

• 30 calendar days of vacation, generally to be taken between June 1 and September 30.
• A daily one-kilogram ration of bread, replaceable by 1.5 euros per working day.
• An accident insurance policy with 16,000 euros for death and 24,000 euros for absolute permanent disability.
• Temporary disability supplements reaching 100% of the contribution base in the provided cases.
• Mandatory equality plans in companies with more than 50 employees.

The Joint Committee, composed of four union representatives and four employer representatives, shall resolve ordinary inquiries within 15 days and extraordinary inquiries within 72 hours.

Validity and monitoring

The agreement shall be extended for periods of one year if it is not denounced at least two months prior to its expiration, and remains in effect during renewal negotiations. Companies may fail to apply the salary conditions through the procedure of article 82.3 of the Workers’ Statute, with notification to the legal representation within 30 calendar days from publication.

The text also incorporates protocols against harassment and violence against LGBTI people, digital disconnection measures, and a provision on sustainable mobility plans to work in accordance with Law 9/2025, of December 3.

The agreement covers an atomized sector, with nighttime activity and daily distribution, therefore the reduction of the working day, the schedule of increases, and the new professional classification define the labor conditions of the sector in the Community of Madrid for the next four years.

Source: BOCM, no. 230, September 26, 2026, section I.C “Other Provisions”, pp. 33-65 (official reference: BOCM-20260926-2).