Sick pay under the Spanish care, disability and social action agreements
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Pick the agreement, the cause and the days of leave: the calculator adds the statutory benefit and the top-up from the article published in the BOE.
Top-up: Care services
€1,695
Work accident and occupational disease only: 100% to day 90, 95% to day 120 and 90% to day 180.
| Statutory benefit | €5,415 |
| Employer top-up | €1,695 |
| Total you receive | €7,110 |
| Without leave you would have earned | €7,200 |
Top-up reference: pay. 8th agreement, rolled over (no 9th in the BOE). Read in the BOE on 29 October 2026.
| Days | Dates | % | Who pays | Amount | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Oct 2026 | 100% | Employer: day’s wage | €60 | – |
| 2-90 | 30 Oct 2026 – 26 Jan 2027 | 75% | INSS or mutua (advanced by the employer) | €4,005 | + €1,335 |
| 91-120 | 27 Jan 2027 – 25 Feb 2027 | 75% | INSS or mutua (advanced by the employer) | €1,350 | + €360 |
| Agreement | Article | BOE |
|---|---|---|
| VIII Convenio marco estatal de servicios de atención a las personas dependientes y desarrollo de la promoción de la autonomía personal | Art. 47. Compensación por incapacidad temporal en accidente de trabajo y/o enfermedad profesional | BOE-A-2023-13742 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Rules and agreements read in the BOE on 29 October 2026
The three national social sector agreements treat sick leave very differently. The care services agreement only tops up work accidents and occupational disease: 100% up to day 90, 95% up to day 120 and 90% up to day 180, while ordinary illness stays at the statutory benefit. The disability services agreement pays 100% for the first leave of the year, a 60 and 75% scale for the second and nothing beyond the law from the third, except for serious illness or the worker's own disability. The social action agreement guarantees 100% of the contribution base from day one, whatever the cause. On a 1800 euro salary, 120 days off after a work accident in care services pay €7,110; for ordinary illness, €5,112.
Care services: accidents only
The agreement for care homes, day centres and home help (BOE-A-2023-13742, article 47) states its condition in the heading: compensation for temporary incapacity after a work accident or occupational disease. In those cases the employer guarantees 100% of pay up to day 90, 95% from day 91 to 120 and 90% from day 121 to 180. From day 181 you get the statutory benefit only, and the top-up ends with the employment relationship. 8th agreement, rolled over (no 9th in the BOE).
On €1,800 a month, a 120-day work accident gives €5,415.00 of benefit and €1,695.00 of top-up, €7,110.00 in all. If the same leave is for ordinary illness you receive €5,112.00: the agreement adds nothing and the benefit follows the scale in Royal Decree 53/1980.
Disability services: which leave of the year it is
The agreement for disability care centres and services (BOE-A-2025-7169, article 75) looks at the order of the leave within the year. The first is paid at 100% of ordinary monthly pay; the second at 60% for the first three days and 75% from day 4; from the third on, the law only. Two exceptions bring back 100%: leave caused by the worker's own disability and the serious illnesses listed in Royal Decree 1148/2011. Work accidents and occupational disease are paid at 100% of the previous month's pay. Special education centres have their own article 110, with three months at 100%. 16th agreement, to 2027.
On €1,800, 30 days of leave are worth €1,800.00 the first time, €1,323.00 the second and €1,062.00 the third.
Your top-up by cause and leave count
Top-up: Disability services
€738
| Statutory benefit | €1,062 |
| Employer top-up | €738 |
| Total you receive | €1,800 |
| Without leave you would have earned | €1,800 |
Social action: the base from day one
The social action and intervention agreement (BOE-A-2022-17633, article 52) is the simplest of the three: from the first day and for any cause, the employer tops up to 100% of the contribution base. For ordinary illness it takes the previous month's common-risk base; for accidents, the applicable base. 2022-2024 agreement, extended until replaced.
A 10-day leave with flu on a €1,800 base gives €252.00 of statutory benefit, because the first three days are unpaid, and the agreement lifts the total to €600.00. To see what the law pays on those first days, read the first days of leave.
Regional agreements
This sector has many regional and company agreements, especially in care services. If yours is regional, the calculator does not know it: the result will be the statutory benefit or the national top-up, and your own agreement may improve on it.