Teachers in the Balearic Islands could claim up to 1,240 euros per year for double payments

PalmaSTEI has initiated legal action to demand that non-university teaching staff in the Balearic Islands receive their extraordinary payments in full, and has requested that the claim have a four-year retroactivity, with the payment of the amounts that would have gone unpaid and the corresponding legal interest. The claim focuses on the composition of the two extraordinary payments that teaching staff receive annually. The union considers that currently, certain remuneration supplements are not fully included, which, according to their interpretation of current regulations, should be part of them.

Specifically, the STEI demands that both the autonomous community-specific supplement and the professional career supplement be included in each of the extraordinary payments. The union bases its claim on what is established by the Basic Statute of the Public Employee (EBEP) regarding the composition of extraordinary payments. According to the STEI, complementary remunerations of a structural nature must be part of them, with the exceptions established by the regulations, such as those linked to individual performance or extraordinary services.

How much money would it cost?

Regarding the specific regional supplement, the STEI calculates that the annual amount that should be incorporated into the extraordinary payments would increase from 840 to 1,240 euros, depending on the six-year terms of each teacher. In the case of the professional career supplement, with the current amounts, the union calculates that it would mean 162 euros more per year. The STEI argues that these supplements have a structural character and are not part of the concepts excluded by the basic regulations. Therefore, it considers that the remuneration criteria currently applied do not conform to what is established by the EBEP and that the extraordinary payments of teaching staff do not reflect all the complementary remunerations that, according to its interpretation, legally correspond to them.

The judicial claim comes after the Government dismissed the prior claim submitted by the union. Faced with this refusal, the STEI has decided to continue the defense of this right in the courts. Specifically, it requests that the right of non-university teaching staff in the Balearic Islands to receive the specific autonomous community supplement and the professional career supplement within each of the extraordinary payments be recognized. It also requests that, consequently, the payrolls corresponding to the last four years be reviewed and the amounts determined be paid, together with legal interest. The judicial procedure may last for several months and the STEI's claim will have to be resolved by the courts.