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What it is

How working conditions for civil servants are negotiated

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 14 May 1990. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on collective bargaining and participation in determining the working conditions of public employees.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000025· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The law rewrites Chapter III of Law 9/1987 to give unions the power to negotiate working conditions for civil servants, through negotiating committees where the Administration and union organizations take part.
  2. A General Negotiating Committee is created for the State Administration, for each Autonomous Community and for Local Entities, and sector committees can be set up at the state level for education, health, justice, universities, postal services and Social Security, among others. They must meet at least once a year.
  3. The law lists what can be negotiated: pay, public employment offers, job classification, training, union rights and workplace health, among other matters. Decisions affecting the organizational powers of the Administrations are excluded, though unions must be consulted if those decisions affect working conditions.
  4. Representatives of the Administration and unions can sign Agreements and Pacts, which must be published in the Official State Gazette or the corresponding official gazettes. If no agreement is reached, the Government or the relevant body sets the working conditions, and the parties can appoint a mediator.

Who it affects

  • Civil servants of the State, Autonomous Communities and Local Entities, whose working conditions are negotiated in the committees.: They take part indirectly through their unions.
  • Social Security statutory staff, teachers, health workers, justice staff, university staff and postal workers, with their own sector committees at the state level.: Their conditions are negotiated in those sector committees.
  • The most representative unions and those that win 10% or more of the representatives in elections.: They have the right to sit on the negotiating committees.
  • Public Administrations (State, Autonomous Communities and Local Entities).: They must negotiate with unions and can sign Agreements and Pacts.
  • Civil servants in small local entities, with between 6 and 49 civil servants.: They will be represented by Staff Delegates.

Words worth knowing

Mesa General de Negociación (General Negotiating Committee)
Body where the Administration and unions sit to negotiate civil servants' working conditions.
Oferta de empleo público (public employment offer)
Plan setting how many civil servant positions can be announced each year.
Clases pasivas (passive classes)
Former pension and benefits system for civil servants.
Pacto (Pact)
Agreement signed on matters within the competence of a specific administrative body, which binds the parties.
Acuerdo (Agreement)
Pact on matters within the competence of the Council of Ministers or Regional Government Councils, which needs their express approval to be valid.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced14 May 1990Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted16 May 1990The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
May 199011. 14 May 1990: Presentación22. 16 May 1990: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Published in the BOE: Law 7/1990, of July 19, on collective bargaining and participation in the determination of working conditions of public employees

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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