Paradores de Turismo, a public company with more than 5,500 employees and revenues exceeding €346 million in 2024, is at the center of controversy. Everything is due to the latest complaint released by the CSIF union.
According to the union, the company chaired by Raquel Jiménez has decided to offer an annual salary bonus of up to €9,600. However, it only applies to employees linked to the opening of the Parador de Ibiza. CSIF has described this measure as "intolerable discrimination" and is demanding "equal pay" for all employees.
Salary Bonus for Ibiza: A Controversial Exception
In response to this measure, Elcierredigital.com has contacted José Manuel García, president of the CSIF union section at Paradores. García explains that "this bonus represents in some cases up to 52% of the base salary. It affects the 41 employees who make up the staff of the new center in Ibiza".
Although the company is making this decision under the pretext of "productivity", CSIF points out that it is not linked to performance or objectives. "It's paid from day one, whether they sell more or less. It's a fixed payment in disguise", says José Manuel.
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What has most outraged the union is not the substance, but the manner. "We're not saying the bonus shouldn't be given in Ibiza, we understand it's a complicated location, with impossible rents", CSIF explains.
"But we find it surreal that for years we've requested salary increases for the entire staff and we've always been told that Treasury and Costs don't allow it. Suddenly there is money for this," they report.
The bonus for Ibiza is in addition to a year of free accommodation for employees there. This has caused discontent. "You can't negotiate behind the workers' backs; other centers also suffer from precariousness", CSIF denounces.
Paradores, in Numbers: Profits and Investment Plans
The controversy comes at a time of prosperity for Paradores. It closed 2024 with revenues exceeding €346 million and a net profit of €40 million. That's 42% more than the previous year.
In CSIF's view, these figures "don't translate into salary improvements for the majority". They denounce that the collective agreement has been blocked for more than four years without significant progress.
"We train and prepare the staff, but they leave. We're a training school, but the salaries don't retain talent," warns José Manuel.
Consequences for the Staff and Possible Measures
The "salary discrimination" denounced by CSIF is generating unrest and dissatisfaction among employees who don't have access to these bonuses.
The union insists that "the company's profits and investment plan should translate into salary improvements and decent conditions for the entire staff". According to CSIF, territorial inequality in pay "can't be a reason to discriminate against employees with similar duties".
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The decision has further deteriorated the internal climate in the company. "This territorial inequality in pay is unacceptable. You can't discriminate against employees with similar duties just because of their location", CSIF denounces.
They recall that Paradores is a public company and is subject to principles of equity in the management of its resources.
"The staff don't understand how, with record profits, improvements for everyone are still denied while a few are rewarded. It's a matter of justice and respect for the workers", the union concludes.
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