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📊 Sick leave and supplement breakdown
The Sick Leave Pay & Agreement Supplement Calculator helps you estimate the exact compensation you will receive while on medical leave (Incapacidad Temporal) in Spain. It evaluates your legal rights under Spanish Social Security law and determines if your employer must top up your pay to 100% under your industry’s collective bargaining agreement.
🔍 How is sick leave pay structured in Spain?
The compensation you receive while on sick leave depends on whether the injury or illness is work-related:
- Common disease or non-work accident:
- Days 1 to 3: 0% of your daily base (unless your company agreement covers it).
- Days 4 to 15: 60% of your daily base, paid directly by your employer.
- Days 16 to 20: 60% of your daily base, paid by Social Security or the Mutual Insurance Company (Mutua).
- Days 21 onward: 75% of your daily base, paid by Social Security or Mutua.
- Workplace accident or occupational disease:
- From Day 1 (the day of the accident itself is paid as a full working day): 75% of your daily base, paid by Mutua or Social Security.
The daily base (Base Reguladora Diaria) is calculated by dividing your previous month’s contribution base (Base de Cotización) by 30 (for monthly salary earners).
📝 Worked sick leave examples
We simulate two common medical leave scenarios with an average monthly base.
Example 1: Standard common disease leave with no collective agreement top-up
- Daily regulative base: €70.00
- Statutory pay (first 3 days): €0.00
- Statutory pay (days 4 to 10): 7 days × €42.00 (60%) = €294.00
Example 2: Work-related accident leave with 100% company agreement complement
- Daily regulative base: €80.00
- Statutory Social Security pay (75% from Day 1): 15 days × €60.00 = €900.00
- Employer agreement top-up (up to 100%): 15 days × €20.00 = €300.00
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Many collective bargaining agreements (Convenios Colectivos) in Spain oblige employers to pay a top-up supplement. Combined with the statutory Social Security pay, this ensures you continue to receive up to 100% of your regular salary from the first day of sick leave.
In most cases, your employer pays you as usual via a delegated payment system (pago delegado). The company then subtracts the statutory portion from the social security contributions it pays to the government at the end of the month.
For common illness leave, you must have contributed to the Social Security system for at least 180 days within the 5 years preceding the leave. Work-related accidents and occupational diseases do not require any prior contribution history.