Executive Agreement 15602/2024 of 4th September regulates the Salaries of Research Staff, as well as Technical and Operational Research Support Staff affiliated to projects, competitive grants to recruit staff, research groups, chairs, agreements and contracts in Article 60 of Organic Law 2/2003 of 22nd March on the University System, where the UIB participates. Article 4 in this agreement includes the professional categories where non-civil service staff who are hired under projects, grants to recruit staff, research groups, chairs, research contracts or agreements must be affiliated.
For the purposes of setting the seniority bonus for these research staff members, and technical and operational research support staff, the entire time they have rendered effective service to any public administration will be considered. The period for services rendered in public sector roles in EU Member States must be included in the calculation of the three-year salary bonus (except services deemed mandatory). Moreover, services rendered in public administrations in countries where the free movement of workers applies by virtue of international treaties signed by the European Union and ratified by Spain must also be considered.

Who Can Apply?

Contract staff included in Article 4 in Executive Agreement 15602/2024 of 4th September that regulates the Salaries of Research Staff, as well as Technical and Operational Research Support Staff affiliated to projects, competitive grants to recruit staff, research groups, chairs, agreements and contracts in Article 60 of Organic Law 2/2003 of 22nd March on the University System, where the UIB participates, who have worked at least three years in a public administration. The employment relationship with this public administration must be calculated as prior or effective services rendered.

Procedure

Applicants must have an official digital certificate.

Application and Documents

The application must be made by filling in the following digital form: ‘Application for Three-Year Salary Bonus Recognition for Services Rendered in the Public Sector’.

Required Documents

• Appendix II to the three-year salary bonus application.

Where applicable:
• Appendix I for prior service (for services rendered at other administrations)
• The three-year salary bonus recognition agreement where the interested party has already had it recognised by another public administration
• The supporting documents must be issued in one of the co-official languages in the Balearic Islands (Catalan or Spanish), in accordance with what is set out in the Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands, or in English. Where the documents are not written in the aforementioned languages, applicants must provide a sworn translation.

Contact

Research Promotion and Human Resources Programme Management Office (FORHU): forhu.rrhh@uib.cat.

Deadlines

The recognition may be requested at any time, as long as applicants have completed three years at a public administration.
The financial and administrative effects shall come into force on the first of the month following the application submission date. These effects shall not be back-dated beyond the date of the application made by the interested party or the start date of their current contract.
Recognition for the seniority bonus, subject to the prior application submitted by the interested party, may have back-dated financial and administrative effects for individuals who had completed three years in public employment from 1st June 2024.

Amendment or Cancellation

Where the submitted application requires further details, amendments must be submitted in another application. Applicants will be notified whether there is a procedural problem or they have to provide relevant supporting documents, as applicable.

Decision-making Body

The relevant Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research.

Notification Method

Decisions will be notified electronically in the applicant’s Citizen Folder (carpeta ciudadana).