collective public employer entity agreement

The collective public employer agreement is a negotiable collective labour regulation instrument, applicable to a public employer entity, with or without legal personality, corresponding in the private labour law typology, although with specificities, to the so called company agreement provided for in the Labour Code.

Collective public employer entity agreements may be concluded,

By trade union associations:

• Trade union confederations represented in the Permanent Committee for Social Conciliation and
• The other trade union association’s representatives of the respective public employees.

By the public employer entity:

• Government members responsible for finance and public administration areas and the one who oversees the body or service, as well as the own public employer entity.

Matters covered by collective public employer entity agreement

The collective public employer entity agreements, in the absence of a collective career agreement that indicates the matters that may be regulated by it, only may rule on:

a) Matters of safety, hygiene and health at work;
b) Working time duration and organization, excluding those matters related to compensation supplements.

It is incumbent upon the Directorate General for Administration and Public Employment (DGAEP) at the time it receives a collective agreement for recording purposes and subsequent publication in the Labour and Employment Bulletin, to verify if the demanded formal receiving requirements regarding such collective labour regulation instruments are met.

It falls on the contracting entities (public employers and trade unions associations) to ensure the collective public employer agreement contents legal compliance.