Sick pay under the Spanish department store, catering, petrol station and pharmacy agreements
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Pick your agreement and the cause, and add any hospital stay or serious illness: many top-ups depend on it.
Top-up: Department stores
€558
Illness: nothing for the first 3 days and 100% of group base pay from day 4; work accident: 100%.
| Statutory benefit | €1,062 |
| Employer top-up | €558 |
| Total you receive | €1,620 |
| Without leave you would have earned | €1,800 |
If it is your only leave of the year, the employer pays the first 3 days at year end. Top-up reference: pay. 2023-2026 agreement, extendable. Read in the BOE on 29 October 2026.
| Days | Dates | % | Who pays | Amount | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | 29 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 | 0% | Nobody: unpaid days | €0 | – |
| 4-15 | 1 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026 | 60% | Employer, at its own cost | €432 | + €288 |
| 16-20 | 13 Nov 2026 – 17 Nov 2026 | 60% | INSS or mutua (advanced by the employer) | €180 | + €120 |
| 21-30 | 18 Nov 2026 – 27 Nov 2026 | 75% | INSS or mutua (advanced by the employer) | €450 | + €150 |
| Agreement | Article | BOE |
|---|---|---|
| Convenio colectivo del sector de grandes almacenes 2023-2026 | Art. 50. Incapacidad temporal | BOE-A-2023-13740 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Rules and agreements read in the BOE on 29 October 2026
In the four national retail and customer-facing agreements, accidents are paid at 100% and illness depends on conditions. Department stores pay nothing for the first three days of each leave due to illness, unless it is the only one in the year, and from day 4 guarantee 100% of group base pay. Contract catering pays 100% for the first and second leave of the year, and from the third only from day 21. Petrol stations only top up illness with a hospital stay or if it appears on their list of serious illnesses. Pharmacies require a hospital stay or a serious illness. On 1800 euros, 30 days off sick in a department store add up to €1,620, against €1,062 from the benefit alone.
Department stores: 100% from day 4
The department store agreement (BOE-A-2023-13740, article 50) guarantees 100% of group base pay, not total pay. For ordinary illness, the first three days of each leave in the year are unpaid; if you have only one leave in the whole year, the employer pays those three days when the year closes. Days in hospital and leave for radiotherapy, chemotherapy or dialysis do not count. The top-up is limited to the delegated payment period, that is, while the employer advances the benefit. For work accidents, 100% from the first day. 2023-2026 agreement, extendable.
For an exact result, enter your group base pay in the calculator instead of your gross pay. On €1,800, 30 days off sick give €1,062.00 of benefit and €558.00 of top-up.
Contract catering: the leave count matters
The canteen and contract catering agreement (BOE-A-2025-12598, article 37) pays the first leave for illness in the year at 100% of actual pay and the second at 100% of agreement pay with supplements. From the third, the statutory benefit only, unless the leave goes past 21 days: then 100% of agreement pay from day 21. Work accidents and occupational disease are paid at 100% of actual pay. The maximum is 12 months, and the top-up ends if you leave the company. 2025 agreement, in force until the next.
| Leave of the year | Total over 30 days |
|---|---|
| First | €1,800.00 |
| Second | €1,800.00 |
| Third or later | €1,212.00 |
Petrol stations: accident, hospital stay or serious illness
The petrol station agreement (BOE-A-2026-21085, article 59), published on 9 October 2026, separates three cases. Leave after an accident, at work or not, is paid at 100% of actual pay. Illness with a hospital stay, at 100% for the first 15 days. The serious illnesses listed in the article, at 85% of the contribution base from day 11 to 20 and 100% from day 21 to 90. Occupational disease is not mentioned. 2025-2027 agreement, published on 9 October 2026.
On €1,800, 60 days off with a listed serious illness pay €3,162.00; the same leave without one stays at €2,412.00.
With or without a hospital stay
Top-up: Petrol stations
€0
| Statutory benefit | €1,062 |
| Employer top-up | €0 |
| Total you receive | €1,062 |
| Without leave you would have earned | €1,800 |
Pharmacies: hospital stay or serious illness
The community pharmacy agreement (BOE-A-2022-23018, article 47) guarantees the full pay you would earn at work after a work accident. For ordinary illness, only if there is a hospital stay or a serious illness listed in Royal Decree 1148/2011, and then from the first day for up to six months. Without the qualifying period there is no top-up. 25th agreement, extended (no 26th in the BOE). On €1,800, 30 days of leave with five in hospital pay €1,800.00; without a stay, €1,062.00, the amount set by Royal Decree 53/1980.