I would appreciate it if anyone involved in management and recruiting staff in Spain would be able to tell me anything about what contracts are generally available for teachers. Many teachers, of course, work on 9 month contracts but is it possible to get a twelve month contract?. Also, is it possible to have a contract where you work 9 months and are then guaranteed a job the following academic year? Are employers required by law to offer permanent contracts after a certain time? I would appreciate any information from anybody who knows. Many thanks.
Hanka
Spanish work contracts
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Not an expert, but...
Good morning Hanka.
I'm not a gestor but I can give you a little bit of info.
I am given a temporal contract from September through June. Though I work 25 to 30 hours a week, the contract says I work 12. When that contract expires, if there is any work during the summer, which I usually turn down, I am offered a short temporal contract that covers the month in which I will be working. So, this July, giving a 3 hour a week oral workshop, I will have a month long contract for 12 hour for the entire month.
To make you fijo is a big and expensive responsibility for your employer. Not sure, but 33% of what you cost your boss goes to the Social Security taxes. Plus, he/she has to pay you even if there is little work, as there usually is in the summer. In my academy, only the secretary and one teacher are on a fixed contract, the rest of us have these temporal contracts. That teacher and the secretary work a lot, the secretary is in the office from 8am to 10pm these days because of the work exchange and student exchange programs that begin in July. The teacher now has fewer class hours, so spends part of her time doing administrative things, helping out the secretary. It's not bad, different from class.
I suppose there could be some kind of agreement included in a contract about rehiring the next term, a contract after all is the listing and signing of conditions agreed on by both parties. In any case, the best way of making sure they hire you the next year is to be so good your first year that you are indespensable to them. It is not fun, nor easy to find reliable teachers and when a teacher fits in and does the work, the employer does not want to let them go.
Hope this info has oriented you a bit. Sorry it could not be more "legal".
peace,
revel.
I'm not a gestor but I can give you a little bit of info.
I am given a temporal contract from September through June. Though I work 25 to 30 hours a week, the contract says I work 12. When that contract expires, if there is any work during the summer, which I usually turn down, I am offered a short temporal contract that covers the month in which I will be working. So, this July, giving a 3 hour a week oral workshop, I will have a month long contract for 12 hour for the entire month.
To make you fijo is a big and expensive responsibility for your employer. Not sure, but 33% of what you cost your boss goes to the Social Security taxes. Plus, he/she has to pay you even if there is little work, as there usually is in the summer. In my academy, only the secretary and one teacher are on a fixed contract, the rest of us have these temporal contracts. That teacher and the secretary work a lot, the secretary is in the office from 8am to 10pm these days because of the work exchange and student exchange programs that begin in July. The teacher now has fewer class hours, so spends part of her time doing administrative things, helping out the secretary. It's not bad, different from class.
I suppose there could be some kind of agreement included in a contract about rehiring the next term, a contract after all is the listing and signing of conditions agreed on by both parties. In any case, the best way of making sure they hire you the next year is to be so good your first year that you are indespensable to them. It is not fun, nor easy to find reliable teachers and when a teacher fits in and does the work, the employer does not want to let them go.
Hope this info has oriented you a bit. Sorry it could not be more "legal".
peace,
revel.
When I lived in Spain I was told about a type of contract called fijo-discontinuo, which provides the job security while allowing for the fact that the employer doesn't have the same amount of work 12 months a year.
Basically it guarantees you'll be rehired (or the employer has to compensate you if he or she doesn't reemploy you after the summer) without obliging him or her to pay you for doing little or no work in the summer. So, they can't use the argument that "if I make you fijo I'll have to pay you in July and August when there's no work".
Naturally, employers are very reluctant to give out this type of contract as it costs them more (though they usually offset this by declaring half your hours and paying cash under the table for the rest) and it reduces their ability to hire and fire at will. You might want to contact your local CCOO or UGT offices for advice.
Basically it guarantees you'll be rehired (or the employer has to compensate you if he or she doesn't reemploy you after the summer) without obliging him or her to pay you for doing little or no work in the summer. So, they can't use the argument that "if I make you fijo I'll have to pay you in July and August when there's no work".
Naturally, employers are very reluctant to give out this type of contract as it costs them more (though they usually offset this by declaring half your hours and paying cash under the table for the rest) and it reduces their ability to hire and fire at will. You might want to contact your local CCOO or UGT offices for advice.
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JuanTwoThree
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I'm fijo-discontinuo so that I work for nine months and get paid twelve times but have job security. It's not that marvellous in that when it started it was worked out as
(9 x 1 month ) + 3 months lost dole + annual rise
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12
So instead of saving some money for the summer it is saved for me. This then gets bumped up a fair bit by unsocial hours and the black stuff (!) in the nine months I work and of course I can work a little or a lot in July August and September for more money, with that basic salary guaranteed on top of what I do.
These contracts are obviously unusual in touristy big cities where unlimited backpackers can be had, but they exist away from these areas.
I would say that you also have to be a bit of a catch to get this deal, but then I would.
(9 x 1 month ) + 3 months lost dole + annual rise
__________________________________________
12
So instead of saving some money for the summer it is saved for me. This then gets bumped up a fair bit by unsocial hours and the black stuff (!) in the nine months I work and of course I can work a little or a lot in July August and September for more money, with that basic salary guaranteed on top of what I do.
These contracts are obviously unusual in touristy big cities where unlimited backpackers can be had, but they exist away from these areas.
I would say that you also have to be a bit of a catch to get this deal, but then I would.