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In Spain, the government's ITSS Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social labour inspectorate has investigated Ryanair for failing to pay the country's 'Salario Mínimo Interprofesional' (SMI) - minimum interprofessional wage to some of its cabin crew, SUR reports.
In September 2021, the USO trade union made a complaint about hourly pay contracts without a base salary, made between the Irish no-frills airline and its cabin crew recruitment agencies.
After analysing the provided documentation, the inspectorate reportedly determined that since it does not specify whether the contracts were full-time or part-time contracts, they must be considered full-time and therefore cabin crew must receive the SMI as remuneration.
In addition, the ITSS verified that salaries received by Ryanair cabin crew were lower than the SMI in force at the time of the complaint made by the USO union.
The labour inspectorate reportedly judged that regardless of whether the pay is directly linked to flight hours carried out, the company has an obligation to guarantee to pay, every month, at least the amount established by the SMI.
Source: SUR
In Spain, the government's ITSS Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social labour inspectorate has investigated Ryanair for failing to pay the country's 'Salario Mínimo Interprofesional' (SMI) - minimum interprofessional wage to some of its cabin crew, SUR reports.
In September 2021, the USO trade union made a complaint about hourly pay contracts without a base salary, made between the Irish no-frills airline and its cabin crew recruitment agencies.
After analysing the provided documentation, the inspectorate reportedly determined that since it does not specify whether the contracts were full-time or part-time contracts, they must be considered full-time and therefore cabin crew must receive the SMI as remuneration.
In addition, the ITSS verified that salaries received by Ryanair cabin crew were lower than the SMI in force at the time of the complaint made by the USO union.
The labour inspectorate reportedly judged that regardless of whether the pay is directly linked to flight hours carried out, the company has an obligation to guarantee to pay, every month, at least the amount established by the SMI.
Source: SUR
