Los last days of the month are the most anticipated by workersthat they wonder impatient when the payroll will arrive. But more than once it has happened that some company is delayed and the collection of monthly payment has ended up receiving in the first days of the following month, at best.
It can also happen that although The payroll arrives on time contains errors, and the workers are paid less than agreed. It is just what happened to a group of doctors, who have mobilized their situation to the Supreme Court. The toilets were incorrectly paid what would correspond to them for their vacations, obviating guards or pluses for working on holidays.
Madrid, 06/2025.- The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, in the halls of the Congress this Wednesday in which the Executive control session is held. EFE/MARISCAL
So that A Groso of 33 doctors claimed the company for which they worked because they had not paid their salary correctlyand after the sentence, they will now have to pay it with 10% interest.
He Supreme Court recognizes, in the case of doctors, the right of workers to receive 183,166.96 euros To distribute more an interest of 10% per default in the payment of salaries owed, another 89,758.84 euros. In this way, the total sum amounts to 272,925.8 euros that, if divided into equal parts, would correspond to each professional an amount of 8,270.47 euros.
A case that begins a precedent, since in the doctors' judgment it was applied The interest in Mora, a clause that according to the Supreme is awarded whenever there is delay in salary paymentregardless of whether the case was complicated or if the company hesitated, and entails 10% extra in payment.
The second vice president and Minister of Labor and Social Economics, Yolanda Díaz,
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The agency clarifies that this interest It could only not be applied in extraordinary situationsfor example, if there are public spending control rules or when a standard is declared unconstitutional and limits are set for retroactive effects.
That is, according to Article 29.3 and 29.4 of the Workers' Statuteif the company is delayed in payroll payment must pay an interest in Mora of 10% about what was owed. But this interest It will only apply if the workers or workers request it through a judicial or conciliation procedure.
This interest only applies when there are due salaries, it does not work in compensation, And the delay is attributable to the entrepreneur so there is no cause of force majeure such as a part of compensation for dismissal or end of the contract.
