The Government has confirmed this Tuesday to the unions that it will approve the 4.5% salary increase planned for public employees in 2027. The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, led by Óscar López, has ratified that it will comply with the agreement, although it still has not specified when it will take the necessary regulation to the Council of Ministers to make it effective.
CCOO, UGT and CSIF have conveyed this commitment after the meeting of the Monitoring Commission of the Framework Agreement for the Improvement of Public Employment and Service to Citizens. The unions have valued the confirmation, but demand that the approval occur before the general elections on November 29 to avoid delays and provide security to the staff.
The increase is part of the salary calendar negotiated in 2025 for all public administrations. The 2027 increase remains pending regulatory approval, while the revaluations corresponding to 2025 and 2026 were already regulated by a royal decree-law.
The unions demand a date
UGT Servicios Públicos has asked the Executive to close the calendar as soon as possible. Its general secretary, Isabel Araque, has reminded that the agreement is "closed and agreed upon in all its points since November 2025". The union demands approval before November 24, a date it points to as the last meeting of the Council of Ministers prior to 29N.
CCOO demands a royal decree-law that allows the increase to be applied from January 2027, while CSIF also asks to resolve it before the elections to avoid delays. The shared demand is that the salary commitment be translated into a regulation before the Government enters caretaker status.
The extension of the Budgets obliges to provide legal coverage for the update of remunerations. There is a recent precedent, Royal Decree-Law 14/2025, approved on December 2 and published in the BOE the following day, which regulated the increases for 2025 and 2026 and was subsequently validated by Congress.
Araque has argued that the Council of Ministers and the Permanent Deputation have the necessary mechanisms to move the measure forward, even if the Executive is in caretaker status. In case of resorting to the decree-law, it would be up to the Government to approve it and the Permanent Deputation to rule on its validation while the Cortes remain dissolved.
The increases and pending payments
The salary agreement covers the period 2025–2028. It contemplates 2.5% for 2025, a fixed 1.5% for 2026 and a possible additional half point linked to the CPI, followed by the 4.5% committed for 2027 and 2% for 2028.
The 2026 supplement has conditions already included in the BOE. An additional and consolidable 0.5% will be applied if the CPI variation for this year is equal to or greater than 1.5%. Once the National Institute of Statistics publishes the corresponding data, the Council of Ministers must approve its application through an agreement that will also be published in the official gazette.
That half point would have retroactive effects from January 1, 2026, and would be paid in the first quarter of 2027. Therefore, in the first months of next year, the payment of arrears from that review and the 4.5% increase corresponding to the new fiscal year may coincide, each with its reference period.
The unions also demand compliance with pending labor commitments, including the review of the replacement rate, residence and service-related indemnities, and the conditions of personnel stationed abroad. UGT has also recalled the agreement reached in June to update the indemnities of some 11,200 employees of the General State Administration in the Balearic Islands and the commitment to specify before December those corresponding to Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands, and the Aran Valley.
